Part 2

We left Toteng and headed towards Lake Ngami, we got to Sehithwa and went to get some fuel. Only issue..... "Sorry sir, we are out of diesel the closest fuel is Maun".
Oh crap!
So we ended up back to Toteng and out to the mine site to fuel up there. Michelle ended up seeing the mine by defult.
Fueled up we headed back to Lake Ngami.
There are not many places to see the lake from as the water level is still quite high for this time of year.
We ended up down this little dirt track with a community of people living in tents near the water. They fish and sell their catch out on the road, and also salt and dry them on ropes between trees.

There was a mass of Marabou Storks in the shallows. They are an ugly stork, with a head like a vulture.

After consulting the map we decided to continue to Kuke. What a dry desolate area, quite a lot of cow carcases on the side of the road..
Kuke is the location of one of the foot and mouth tyre and shoe wash stations, not much else there.
Michelle asked one of the policemen what there is to see of interest in the area, his responce was
"Have you seen the hills in the distance? That is all there is around this area"

This is Kuke

 

Well he was close to being correct, as we where heading back i saw something a bit back off the road that had me on the brakes and turning around to investigate......

 



This is the Boabab tree, they live for several thousand years and are amazing to see!

In some parts of africa the locals place the bodies of the dead in the trees folds and the tree grows around them and they become part of the tree.

You all need to come and see it in real life.

 

The drive back was pretty univentful, saw a couple of ostrich on the way.

We had a bite to eat back at the creek at Toteng, very peaceful.