I need a holiday....

[DaGaffer]

...fortunately, I'm flying off on a trip to Namibia and Botswana on safari tomorrow! Yay! See you in a few weeks if I don't get killed by a Hippo.

 

[TdC]

bah I'm so jealous


have fun matey, post some pics of scary snakes and spiders and stuffs

 

[Uara]

oooooooh very nice! Have an awesome time, wish I could be jetting off to some exotic location!

 

[DaGaffer]

bah I'm so jealous


have fun matey, post some pics of scary snakes and spiders and stuffs

They have snakes? And spiders? That wasn't in the brochure! That's it, trip's off. *hides under duvet*

 

[TdC]

shake your shoes out before you put them on in the morning

 

[old.Tohtori]

You single? Go get some native booty. Just wear ze Mr Happypants

 

[Fweddy]

That sounds amazing. Take lots of pictures for us. And be careful hiding under your duvet in case snakes crawl in with you for shade

 

[Trem]

shake your shoes out before you put them on in the morning

That also applies if you stay at Teedles house, hes a secret shoe wank addict

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

...fortunately, I'm flying off on a trip to Namibia and Botswana on safari tomorrow! Yay! See you in a few weeks if I don't get killed by a Hippo.

Why, is the pilot a hippo?

Oh, and have a great time

 

[DaGaffer]

You single? Go get some native booty. Just wear ze Mr Happypants

Well, apart from the fact I'm going with my girlfriend, "native booty"? Ignoring the interesting turn of phrase; in Africa? Are you kidding? It would be like playing Russian Roulette with an automatic.

 

[Scouse]

It would be like playing Russian Roulette with an automatic.

So's shagging any girl under the age of 25 in England nowadays

 

[Will]

So's shagging any girl under the age of 25 in England nowadays

I know you were joking Scouse, but it really isn't the same thing.

 

[Lazarus]

enjoy! (lucky begger)

 

[dysfunction]

Enjoy hope you see lots of animals! Try and go on a night drive if possible as well. Its a fantatsic experience especially trying to dodge spider webs that span the road...

 

[TdC]

haha Gaff surely wouldn't make the noob mistake of standing up in the jeep I'm sure

 

[old.user4556]

One important message:

LEAVE THE FREEZER OPEN GAFF!

Think of the slab when you get back!

 

[Hawkwind]

Went to Windhoek a few years ago, nice place and great people. Desert Safaris are quite amazing up North. Botswana is great for the traditional Safari.

Have a great trip.

 

[DaGaffer]

I'm back. If any of you ever get the chance, go to Namibia (and Botswana). Fucking awesome. I want to go back and see more.

 

[TdC]

wb dude! you got anything online about it that I can read? pics perhaps? I understand you're only just back, but any highlights?

 

[DaGaffer]

wb dude! you got anything online about it that I can read? pics perhaps? I understand you're only just back, but any highlights?

I'm going to get the photos up on Flickr in the next day or two, and do a blog update (I took notes but had no internet access). Crossing the Okovango Delta in Mokoros (dugouts), swimming elephants in Chobe, and bungy jumping off the Vic Falls bridge were all highlights . Not to mention getting attacked by a monkey and pissing off a large crocodile...

 

[Uara]

sounds awesome!!! Can't wait for the photo's and blog update (really enjoyed your travel blog and passed it onto a few friends of mine who were considering going around the world)

 

[old.Tohtori]

Well, apart from the fact I'm going with my girlfriend, "native booty"? Ignoring the interesting turn of phrase; in Africa? Are you kidding? It would be like playing Russian Roulette with an automatic.

Hey come on! Automatic still has a chance to jam

Nice to hear you got a nice trip though

 

[DaGaffer]

sounds awesome!!! Can't wait for the photo's and blog update (really enjoyed your travel blog and passed it onto a few friends of mine who were considering going around the world)

Why thank you. (*gets delusions of grandeur about being a travel writer*)

 

[sayward]

I had a really good holiday, came back here and am off my feet with some bug, cough, cold, can't breathe. Aargh!

 

[DaGaffer]

G's lovely pictures including majestic animals reminded me I promised to post some pics, so here's a sample:

Sunrise Okavango Delta

Okavango Delta, view from a Mokoro canoe.

Impala in the Bush

Impala in a group

Sunburned Hippo

Elephant Splash

Croc - just before it scared the crap out of all the girls on the boat

Rainbow over (under?) Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls by helicopter (tricky to get a good shot through plexiglass)

Fat bastard throws himself off a bridge - decides to go on diet on strength of this picture.

Sunset Vic Falls

 

[TdC]

woah bungee!

 

[old.user4556]

Great work Gaff. The two sunsets (i'm a sucker for clouds and sunset glows) and the Impala in the bush are my three favs; it can't have been easy to shoot the animals at that focal length and keep them as razor sharp as that!

What sorts of shutter speeds and aperture did you use, and on what camera?

 

[DaGaffer]

Great work Gaff. The two sunsets (i'm a sucker for clouds and sunset glows) and the Impala in the bush are my three favs; it can't have been easy to shoot the animals at that focal length and keep them as razor sharp as that!

What sorts of shutter speeds and aperture did you use, and on what camera?

Ta. The Impala is my favourite as well, mainly because I was perched on top of a truck and one of my travelling companions wouldn't shut up and was spooking them. Camera is a Nikon D60 with a very good VR 70-300mm zoom (that flatters my ineptness). I've just looked it up and it was:

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 260 mm
ISO Speed: 280

I'm only really starting to play with the camera properly now (I bought it for the safari trip and its my first digital SLR). GF has bought us a weekend away in the west of Ireland as a Christmas pressie and I'm hoping to practice a bit more then.




And take photos.





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