Wendy says everything is going OK and is glad to
hear that Dirk is OK too - that's it!  ;-)


Alek will, as typical, will say a bit more!   ;-)

After our unscheduled 24 hour stopover in Miami, logistics
from there out have been pretty smooth. 

We spent 5 days at 3 different Safari camps in Botswana.
These camps are amazing ... it's hard to describe how luxurious
yet "natural/in-the-woods" they are. The food has been good
and they keep feeding us ... between that and the 20+ hours
we have been on airplanes and the 40+ hours on Range Rover
game drives, my butt has grown!    ;-)

We have seen LOTS of wildlife REALLY close: Lion, Elephant,
Giraff, Cape Buffalo, WildeBeast, Warthog, Hippo, and lots
of others. Highlights are a lion eating a warthog killed
and subsequently having it stolen by Hyena's, some mating
lions, and a 3 week old baby giraffe.

We arrived in Vic Falls yesterday ... and when I checked in
at the hotel for "Alek & Wendy" the person next to me turned
around and said "Hi Alek" ... it was Bryan Keith ... remember
that Bryan & Julie are *BIKING* from Turkey to Cape Town ... and we
met
them here in Vic Falls. They are doing well and we rafted the
Zambezi river today ... it was a bit disappointing since there
is soooo much water that the rapids weren't as gnarly as they
typically are, but we had a good time and it felt good to get
some exercise.

Mom's bonics have been working great as has Jon's Digital Camera.
Although I underestimated the number of picures I would take and
I grossly underestimated my battery consumption ... but I was
able to reload here in Vic Falls.

BTW, the pervasiveness of the Internet is amazing ... I was 
somewhat surprised two years ago to find an Internet Cafe in
Chile ... they are all over the place here ... and Bryan & Julie
have been able to find 'em on most of their travels.

BTW, Yahoo must have tightened up some of their Email policies;
because I can not "bcc" you all ... so that's why you know see
all the Email addresses in these messages.

We leave tomorrow morning for 5 days at camps in Zimbabwe;
and I should be able to have Internet Access after that.

Even though I here that the Dirkster is doing well;
I continue to miss him and look forward to returning.

alek