A day of luxury!








On the way to sundowners

 





The fab infinity pool

 

Bubble bath all ready!

24 hours was barely enough time to enjoy all the different ways to relax at Apoka Lodge. I actually got a little anxious that I didn't have enough time to fall asleep in all the peaceful spots due to the busy schedule I had. Barely had a caught a few rays and swam a few laps when I had to go to lunch and wash it down with a glass or two of wine. Then I had to dash off to the room and wait for one man to prepare my outdoor bubble bath while another fixed me a gin and tonic! I had to forego the trip to the village to fit everything in the be ready to go out for sundowners on the rock. Then I had to use the writing desk to pretend to be writing something deeply intellectual instead of my usual clap-trap! It's a good job I had done all the game drives I wanted so that the business of looking for animals in the way of having a good time!





African Skies

You can never have too many pictures of a tree silhouetted against a sunset ... The beauty of African skies may be a bit of a cliche but the changing light over Kidepo make it truly stunning.




Buffalo at sunset

 


The rewards of an early morning start!





Even the UWA bandas look picturesque in this light

 



A prize goes to anybody who can tell me what I did to my camera to get this blue effect!

 



Moon rises over Kidepo

 




An almost full moon over the National Park

 

The journey to Kidepo

A thousand images flickering past.

A long and bumpy, muddy road. Huge mobile phone masts incongruous to the surroundings. Women on bicycles. A UWA truck stuck in the mud. Women with babies strapped to their backs using a calabash as sun protection. IDP camps filled with folks unable to go home. Fields of sunflowers. School children in day-glow pink uniforms walking and laughing their way home. Signs advising you to beware of landmines. Dwarf cows with big humps. Buses with messages from the Bible plastered across the windscreen. Children gathered around a water pump and carrying jerrycans. Farmers working in the blazing sun. Countless signs for the countless NGOs at work in this region. Fields of crops. Every shade of green imaginable. Blue skies, cloudy skies, grey skies, sheet lightning, torrential rain, blazing sunshine.

A hundred photos taken along the way, two thirds blurry as we whizzed by too quickly!