4nd June 2011 After leaving the springs in the vicinity of Shiwa House (and the history of the Gore-Brown family, which has links not only with Africa but New Zealand and bloody Tasmania) we headed in a northerly direction towards Lake Tanganyika. The day was but young (about 8am) when rounding a bend on the surprisingly/amazingly/superbly good gravel road for Zambia, we came across a vehicular device in a state of panel rearrangement. The two upwardly mobile yo...

Zonked in Zambia 22nd May 2011 Sleep, who needs it! No one apparently who stays at the Eureka Camp near Lusaka the Capital of Zambia. The clowns who run these camps in the big cities want to make a buck on every angle. They appear to believe that if you combine a bar, a disco and a campground you can’t lose. We have had a great run with our campsites up until the present, but Zambia ain’t no tourist magnet so places to camp where you won’t g...

May 18th 2011 Had the opportunity to load a few more happy snaps while staying at the Overland Mission on the Zambezi River at Rapid 14 Camp. Free internet. The Overland Mission are a Christian Group that train the faithful to spread THE word. Mostly young Yanks on a quest to have a holiday at the expense of the congregation back home. The location is spectacular looking down on to the Zambezi River Gorge. The mission comprises a series of thatched roofed bungal...

14th May 2011 Weather: 30ishC/Clear skies (nights down to about 18C) Over the last few days we have been working our way along the Caprivi Strip. This is a strip of land, (stating the bleeding obvious), that separates Angola from Namibia and Botswana. I believe it's history is steeped in the blood and guts of the poor locals. The Caprivi is a flat non-descript stretch of scrub about 30klm wide that runs for several hundred klms. Pretty boring, and only made inte...

Coastal Swakopmund and North to Angolan border area, and the Caprivi Strip 5th to 8th May 2011 Weather: 35C Clear skies Had to get some work done on the truck the day before yesterday. The rear axle on the driver's side started to move to a position (outward though the drive flange) that was not going to be conducive to ongoing forward motion, so I pulled it out to prevent any damage. This didn’t present any great problems in the short term as all I had ...