It’s just before 23h00 and its raining… sitting here in my very little tent (enough to sleep one) as close to the campfire as the nylon tent will allow. It’s not the rain and the small tent that is bothering me, no it’s the herd of elephants moving almost directly through the camp. Their shadows are easily seen with the firelight and the rumbling almost sends tremors through the ground. This is a first for me as I never sleep on the ground and my tent is all camo, so who knows what could happen- obviously you think of the worst.
Perhaps: They will walk too close to the tent?
Not sure if I could handle a 6ton footstep…
Or they will get startled by something and run through the camp as an escape
route.
‘”Must stop thinking like that- you will drive yourself insane.” A few of them are walking in the river about 30m away- the camp is directly on the waterfront in Chobe.
I truly hope that this bunch of tourists know what they are getting, they should be made to pay more… kidding of course.
I wonder if they will ever end, sounds like thousands have moved through- stopped raining now can hear everything from the first grunt to the last turd hitting the ground with an awesome thud. And the dam mozzies of course – they are worse than the ellies.
Just heard the ‘innocent’ yelp of a hyaena in the background and all I know is that if I don’t sleep now I will be up the whole night. Just imagine what the tourists must be thinking if I am the one who is supposed to be used to this. I hope they make it through the night without shitting in their pants, too afraid to use Douglas… the spade.
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