Morning Glory

We have taken to uncharacteristic early morning strolls to catch the gorgeous sun rises on the farm.

Many towns in Zambia seem to be inspired by the wild west. This is Serenje where some girl scouts were on the march.

The next morning found us in a tree hide, 18 metres up a mahogany tree in Kasanka National Park. Molly was scared of the rickety ladder but she scampered up after hearing some animal rustling in a nearby bush.

Kasanka is famous for bats, elephants, hippos... but most were dressed as puku on the day we went- these lovely looking bambis

We did catch a fat croc having a morning yawn

Marley, our cool guide, let us play with his gun.

Shortly afterwards we braved the bureaucratic jungle of getting married- this is the registry office. Behind the nice lady is a photo of a huge naked white woman on all fours.

Lions, Lawrence and lolling about

Wintertime in Zambia means a trip to the zoo for Molly and Lawrence, which is a bit daft in the land of safaris. But they have a very nice botanical garden for us to pose in...

We saw a warthog doing what warthogs do best?

This monkey is crying out for a spank

And a hungry lioness savaging a bit of something/someone

We checked out ‘Lilyai Lodge’ near Lusaka which is beautiful- we had a coffee and fantasised about being able to afford to stay here.

Then we went to our own farm ‘swimming pool’ on a lazy Sunday afternoon
And got another amazing sunset to finish off a pretty good weekend (except for England NOT winning against USA...)