Today was another good day on the road! We got up around 07:00 at Mama Rula’s and then headed straight for the SPAR in Chipata to do some shopping. We managed to get everything on our list, except for Ouma rusks, corn on the cob and AAA batteries. We also treated ourselves with four fresh cheese scones.
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| Mama Rula's campsite, Chipata, Zambia |
Our biggest concern was the quality of the Great East Road that links Chipata and Lusaka, but to our relief it was in a much much better condition than the Great North Road that we drove approximately a month and a half ago on our way to Tanzania. We could comfortably drive between 100 and 110 km/h and met very few traffic cops along the 550-odd kilometres. There were a few sneaky potholes, but we safely manoeuvred the Hyena, which now drives like a dream again, through them.
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| Compare the Great North Road... |
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| ...with the Great East Road |
We reached Lusaka shortly after three and are staying with Marlize Christo and their two girls again. A home-cooked dinner, comfy sofas and a good cricket match – what a treat! We will have to share a double bed again, however…
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| Two of our friendly hosts, Nadine and Anke-Mari |
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| Ji and Christo watches as the West Indies throws away the game! |
Tomorrow we head for Mana Pools in Zimbabwe. Oh, for those of you who were wondering – Ji feels much better!
Chat soon
Villiers
Highlight of the day:
Villiers and Ji: The wonderful dinner cooked by Marlize!!!
Lowlight of the day:
Villiers: That smirky Swanny bowled so well against the West Indies!
Ji: The West Indies losing to England in the Cricket World Cup
3 comments:
Pragtige pad wat jul gery het - nie praat van die pragtige twee "gasvroutjies" nie!! so bly julle en die hyena is weer pure perd. Voorspoed en hoop om nog safari foto's te sien.
As ek na julle modelle op die foto's kyk in vergelyking met die 'modelle' van die afgelope paar dae, lyk dit of julle stadig maar seker nader aan die beskawing begin beweeg. Hoop julle sal darem ook môre na die Protea's se wedstryd kan kyk. Mooi bly of mooi ry...
Just recently had a chat with someone from Zim about Mana pools - sounds really beautiful there! Enjoy :)
Glad JI's feeling better!
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