Didn’t sleep too well, kept tossing and turning. An interesting observation: it’s like trying to sleep in the middle of a giant iron bell! Every movement above deck is ampflied into our cabin and Max has been cleaning and sweeping since 05:00.
The cabin itself is quite nice, by the way. They’ve recently refurbished the whole boat so everything seems quite new. It’s not large by any count but comfortable enough for two people, albeit in separate beds. We even have mosquito nets.
Get up and grab some coffee and rusks, bring some downstairs to the wife (Man of the Year, 2009 nominee, winner of 2008/2007/2006...). Breakfast was pap and wors with relish and a fruit salad for starters. The rest of the day was pretty much what you’d expect. I spent some time in the Jacuzzi, played tennis and squash, caught a matinee on the entertain deck and caught some sun out by the pool.
I am of course kidding. We played cards, drank, ate, ate, drank, ate, read a bit, snoozed, tanned, drank, played more cards, that kinda thing. Later on we all loaded into the two tender boats and headed out of the bay for a mini-game cruise. Managed to see more hippos, a few antelope and elephants and a pride of lions. Yawn... (totally spoilt, I know!). Back on the boat and Captain Marco disembarks towards Elephant Point. He stops when we reach the “middle”, or rather “far from shore” so that we can take a dip. Very refreshing! We’re only allowed in the water in areas far away from shore and too deep for hippos and crocodiles. The water here is also some of the freshest in the world. Back on the boat, hit some more suntan action and snoozing while the captain continues to our destination. He guides us gently through great big forests of petrified trees, their white gnarly branches reaching out of the water like skeletons.
Anecdote: I have a morbid fascination with dead trees. Seriously, I’ve got at least 500 pictures of em, from all over. I think I may need counselling.
A few other house boats operate on the lake; I spotted a MASSIVE 50 Pax monster towing no less that 4 extremely large power boats. So when we arrive at Elephant point it’s a bit of a scramble to find a nice secluded bay, out of site of the others.
Around 17:40 we all load back onto the tender boats, witness yet another Epic African Sunset (Yaaaaaaaawn....), the sky on fire and reflecting off the lake. Oh how droll, wake me up when my martini is ready. Back on the boat and more drinking with cards and snacks.
Bryan the Magnificent cooked the best damn lamb joint and roast potatoes we’ve ever had! Topped with a most delicious gravy and punctuated with a fresh fruit salad desert and custard. I stopped eating only once ALL the food was gone, it was unreal. Even more so, if you consider the little kitchen it’s all prepared in. Bravo Sir, Bra-vo [slow clap].
Highlights: Has to be the lamb joint
Just chilling and chatting and getting some me-time
Gnarly dead trees!
[G & A], out.
Still a lil’ life left inside of, me
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