We were packed and ready to head off at 7 am so stopped at the main office to do a bit of wifi and a family of striped mongoose ran past
Just short of entering the national park we again encounted a elephant crossing like the morning before except there were probably 50 elephants in this bunch
Then on through the Chobe national park
Arrived in good time a little after Jan and Amanda had crossed as its best not to be together as a group so if we did run into them the agreement was that we didn't know them to ensure a very long red tape exit through Botswana . We were done in no time then onto the Namibia border post about 1 km down the road where we rejoined Jan and Amanda where we had to do an entry form, pay road tax and get screened for Ebola.
Next onto the local shops to stock up on essentials and visit the local MTC telco shop to get some SIM cards. On arrival at MTC we found out they didn't have any SIM cards so we would have to visit a local Asian second hand shop to buy 4 SIM cards ( one for each of us) for AUD $2 each then back to the shop for him connect except they didn't have micro for Jo and I and they didn't have a sim cutter so out with the scissors and a trim for them to fit our devices - how hard can it be to get connected- I had assumed that a phone shop would have SIM cards. We then activated to find out that they can't be activated in a iPad so had to do it via the iPhone first and we couldn't also buy any scratchie cards as they were doing stocktake so had to use a recharge machine . So after frigging about for 45 mins we were right to go to the shops then off to our campsite called Namwi Island Campsite which must have been one of nicest camps we have visited so far. Set up just near the riverbank 
Nice relaxing afternoon by the river with Jo having a couple of dips in their pool whist we quickly put stuff away mid afternoon expecting what we thought was an afternoon storm however it didn't eventuate.
Enjoyed a nice meal of chicken whilst listening to the sounds of an owl and the hippos in the river before retiring to bed.
Then out the gate and onto the next country Namibia, our second last country and only a little over 3 weeks of our first part of our holiday to go with our personal Africain Expedition Support Safari tour.
And onto the Ngoma Border
Namibia was previously called German South West Africa and then South West Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean . It shares land borders with Zambia,Angola,Botswana and South Africa and they gained independence from South Africa in 1990 following the Namibian War of Independence.
Namibia has a population of 2.1 million and a stable democracy and given the presence of the arid Namid Desert , it is one of the least densely populated countries in the world.
The small town Katrima Mulilo is the commercial centre of the East Cprivi region.It lies at the southern riverbanks of the Zambezi river.It is half a kilometre wide and marks the border with Zambia .
Katima was once a mitilary stronghold for the South Africin army in the fight against the SWAPO liberation fighters which used to operate from Angola and Zambia .
We had stopped at an unofficial money changer that Amanda uses however he was on holidays so they gave Jan directions to a Asian shop around the corner that could help us. We exchanged some US dollars for a half brick of purple Roan Antelope notes- each one being worth about AUD$20
Only one other couple in the park who had also been in the campsite at Livingstone whilst we were there.
Plus a few warning signs for the campers near the river
And one at the toilet blocks
Had a visit late afternoon by the camp guard- the first one that had a rifle .. Not sure if it's for the animals or locals trying to get into the park
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