Arrived in the rain today but after speaking to the hotel manager - we were glad we had come. We are staying in the grounds of the Chimanimani Hotel which you can see is a colonial site that in it's day would have been at least 4 stars. The hotel has a pool, mini golf course and gorgeously landscaped grounds and gardens which have some of the greenest grass we have seen so far. Had cups of tea with freshly baked muffins on the terrace this afternoon and thou...

Another day; another border. We simply drove straight through Mozambique which was quite disappointing, but when you have to cover as much ground as we do (20,000km) then I guess you can't see everything. The main thing we had in Mozambique was rain, but it was a nice break from really harsh sunshine and sweaty bodies, especially since it was nice enough to just rain whilst we were on the truck driving and we had breaks in the rain whilst we set up or broke ...

Early start leaving at 6.30am to head for the border. As on all border days Ruth is a bundle of nerves. Arrived at the border and found out that the cost would be 86 USD - quite the transit cost! Drive day today and bush camp tonight, amazingly we didn't have any locals come to see us camping. We were not far off the road, however Nick chose wisely in an area where we were just over a hill so not sure that many people would see us as they sped past. It was...

2 nights in the capital city which I was ready for a bit more civilization after sitting on the beach for the last 3 days. Yesterday was an interesting drive day which included a near miss, visit to the police and a fine of 5000 kwacha (15 USD). How you ask? Well we were happily driving along today, I happened to be stretched out on the seats dozing when suddenly those that were awake went 'ohhhh' and 'looks like he is ok', 'don't think we hit him', 'wow that...

Well today is a very slow hung-over day. We had a party at the campsite yesterday with about 4 other trucks and other assorted travellers. We stopped in Muzuzu on our way and bought clothes for each other in the theme of bad taste. I had a lovely red velvet dress which was made perfectly for about a 10 year old! Thankfully it was a little stretchy and I managed to squeeze in. Once we swapped costumes about 5pm yesterday we then all set about styling. For m...