My dad is photojournalist who occasionally honors this blog with a guest post. Enjoy!
The coolest place on the
planet may well be Duba Island on the Okavango Delta
in Botswana.
I went there recently to
photograph a husband and wife film-making team and was just knocked out by the
whole scene; the remote beauty,
the crazy weather, the friendly people and most of all, the proximity to some
of the great beasts of Africa. And the food didn’t suck either.
We travelled out every day in
camera trucks loaded with natural snacks: dried fruit, salty nuts and cookies
that helped us stay hydrated in the 100 degree heat. At my age I find I need
some small amounts of carbs in my stomach to absorb the huge amounts of water
one must drink.
For lunch, we would pull up
under a “sausage tree’ and dined in style.
The camp provided a very
filling but light meal of local veggies, rice and fish patties that was just right under the
brutal sun.
On the day I shot these
photos we circled back to the tree later and discovered a pride of lions had
been resting there the whole time on the backside of the tree, and weren’t
bothered at all by us borrowing their space.
