Woke, after another sweaty night, to the sound of roaring. Chris told us it was lions, probably about 1km away. There were also leopard tracks right by the camp, leading to the shower where he had obviously stopped for a drink. They passed very close to Teri's tent!
Teri rode with Mark today as she is suffering a bit from the heat, and Mark likes the air conditioning on. We see more animals, and a single warthog in the distance.
At our morning drink stop we see yet more butterflies, then continue driving seeing more weaver bird nests and a steenbok deer, though I have yet to conquer manual focussing.
After lunch we take the road out of this section of the park and towards the campsite at Nossob, some 200 kms away. The landscape changes subtly, with small hills as we travel over the tops of dunes and down their sides. It's all still very grassy though, with many trees, though these are all small, and several are dead. In areas where there are lots of grass it feels a lot like driving through a sea, with the bushs and trees forming islands.
We camp half way to Nossob, with large storm clouds on the horizon. Some of us then drive to a small pan close by the camp and watch the springbok, oryx and wilderbeest there, and admire the nest of the sociable weaver bird.
Back at camp we shelter as a heavy rain storm hits, then Chris cooks us a pasta dish. As we start eating an electric storm starts, and continues to light up the sky for several hours. There is both fork and sheet lightning, and we need no extra lights while we sit outside.
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