Archive for November, 2008
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A day in the park…
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
So, one of the most interesting environmental factors of the region is how the water system works. The Kwandu River headwaters are out of Angola, feed down through the middle of the Caprivi, turn into the Linyanti Swamp, and eventually the Chobe River (which forms the border between Namibia and Botswana). The whole system makes […]
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Beloved forest reserve…
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
This afternoon we decided to try to collect some training points inside the forest reserve about 50 odd km away from where we are staying. The lot of us (four students and Bennety ) headed out in a truck around three in the afternoon. There is one main paved road that cuts across the strip […]
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Moremi…
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
We headed out Wednesday around noon for our longest camping trip of the time spent in Africa. For some reason, some one had the bright idea that we should have some lectures before leaving – thus, we did not head out until around noon for a campsite about three hours away – no big deal […]
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Linyanti…
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
This past weekend we went back up to the Chobe National Park (north of Moremi) and camped out. We headed to the Linyanti (I know these names probably mean absolutely nothing but for what it’s worth…) to do some practice ecological transects from a river bed back into a more forested region. To get […]
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okavango delta…
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Under no uncertain terms were we to leave after 12:30 pm for our intended destination on Chief’s Island in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. With that in mind, our four boats set out for the 3 ½ hour drive around 2:30 pm. The boat with the luggage and experienced bush driver sped ahead of […]
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Mt. Errigal…
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Today we headed back to Glenveagh Park, although we went in on the other side and decided to climb Mt Errigal. The walk started out through the saturated bog area near the road (Rd 251)…walking through the mud, the constant sucking sound of our boots in the ankle deep muck being the loudest noise […]
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Londonderry…
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
We headed to Derry (or Londonderry) this morning. Figured we’d check out the town and have some lunch and then head on to where we are staying tonight – Buncrara. As we were coming into Derry, police had set up with roadblocks and were directing traffic. We could not figure out what the point of […] -
Plane Ride Over…
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Bleary eyed, I raised my head to peer out into the brilliant whiteness…could not see land so buried my head back into my pillow to try and grasp at the last few moments of sleep before landing. This was a bit difficult as for the whole cross-Atlantic flight, the flight attendants and pilot felt […]