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THE LODGE
Victoria Falls |
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Sekuti's Drift is a replica
of a turn-of-the-century lodge, built an a hill top, and accurate down
to the wrap-around verandahs with their red-painted concrete floors. This
was more traditional accommodation, not open sided like the game park lodges,
yet we found more "wildlife" at our doorstep and inside our room than anywhere
else. Sometimes the wildlife was a breath-taking diversion, as when the
two bull elephants arrived and drank from the water hole one night, illuminated
only by spotlight. Other wildlife was less welcome. Beetles were everywhere:
rhino beetles, dung beetles, blister beetles, and a myriad of smaller and
more benign varieties.
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Sekuti's Drift |
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| Above,
one of the guides, Eddie, joins Keith and I for rock shandies on the verandah
at the main lodge building. |
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Another
verandah at the lodge. Keith
was
sick with the flu for this part of
the
trip, so we spent many leisurely
moments
relaxing and resting here.
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is the verandah outside our room, the honeymoon suite (yet another benefit
of off-season travel). |
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Here
Keith spots a herd of kudu in
the hills outside
our bungalow |
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| Another
use for binoculars: after the mosquito netting crashed down on us at 3
a.m., Keith checks to make sure it has been securely refastened to the
ceiling. |
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Thomas
guided us on our only walking safari, in Chamabonda National Park, just
down the hill
from the lodge.
Fortunately, he did not
need to use
his rifle on this outing. |
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Bug Night
was
the occasion of the hatching of the flying termite larvae, right outside
our bungalow door. They covered the ground and filled the air. This event
also attracted many other insects looking for a good meal. I don't know
if we'll ever forget running the gauntlet through the hatching and flying
insects, the rhino and dung beetles battling in the corner near the door,
the blister beetles and others creeping under the door and into the room.
We hear that
there are fewer insects in the dry season, from May to October. |
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