Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Salt Pans and Meerkats

We visited the largest salt pan in Botswana, the Makgadikgadi pan near Gweta. It's about half the size of Switzerland. And the whole thing looks like this. During the rainy season you can't go out on the pans because they are under a foot or two of water and you'd get stuck, whether on foot or in a truck.

It's a perfect place to take fun pictures.

Kate carry both Karen and me.

Me on the salt pan!

Then we went and saw a meerkat colony! This guy was digging for food.

This guy was trying to figure out what my camera was. We could get pretty close to them and they didn't mind.

A dog was spotted far off, so they all took up the look out post to keep an eye on it.

One of these guys is the patriarch of the family, maybe the one on the far left?

And finally, a lilac breasted roller, the national bird of Botswana. So beautiful!

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