More about Hippo Lodge

Somehow this one got lost and was never published! Sorry

We basically have two complete days in  the bush and while we want to have a relaxed time with family, we also want to see what we can and see the bush and animals.

I was up not a whole lot after it got light and went down and got the remains of the campfire started as it is certainly cool in the mornings at this time of year. Maybe 8-10C (around 50F).The picture in the previous post was actually taken in the early morning and you can see a little mist on the river where the relatively warm river meets the cool air with just enough wind to form advection fog.

Over the next hour or so various bodies started to appear and we had a good cooked breakfast planned.

Although the chalet is self catering, Hippo Lodge supplies a kitchen helper who also keeps the hot water heater supplied with wood. His name is Brian and he was a great guy. There when needed but unobtrusive and efficient. We had heard a loud bang around 8 the previous evening and it was our water heater, but a crew arrived and had it fixed and the water back running in an hour or so. Highly unusual for Africa that anything gets fixed that quickly so kudos the to Hippo Lodge team.

A team effort (mostly the ladies I will admit) produced an excellent breakfast complete with toast from the newly created Zambian toaster. 

This was the grill (charcoal of course) that was flipped over and the grid portion placed over the embers of the fire. It even had a heat control (Wolf lifting the grid up and down with a stick) and cousin Fan made some excellent toast!