Well, I'm off to Zambia for the next 10 days, so there will now be a brief intermission. Looking forward hugely to seeing some old (and newer) chums out there, and visiting some spectacular locations. The principle reason for the visit is to photograph the Carmine Bee eaters which gather in their thousands at this time of year to nest in the river banks. I'm no twitcher, but you've gotta love those bee eaters! I'm a sucker for anything brightly coloured, child that I am...
We'll be viewing them from Derek Shenton's hide, which is revered by wildlife photographers as being top notch. So I'm pretty excited by the prospect.
Other possibilities include the chance of African Wild dog, and the extraordinary sight of elephants standing on their hind legs to grab food from the trees, since they've pretty much demolished the lower stuff.
Dilly and I will be staying for some of the time at Old Mondoro camp, which we are really looking forward to. It's run by our friends, Etienne and Leana, and a good time is guaranteed. Etienne achieved photographic stardom a few weeks back with his amazing shot of the elephants doing just that, which was featured in multiple newspapers here. Good pachyderm work, fella!
Hopefully we shall return to the UK with some great new photographs and stories to share. See you then. And Etienne and Leana - if you're reading this, we'll see you next week!
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