WALLOWING WITH THE HIPPOS As the road down to Maun (a centre for Botswana's Ockovanga Delta excursions) was flooded and impassable, we decided to drive to the Western Panhandle part of the Okovango Delta via the Caprivi Strip. The Caprivi Strip is a thin strip of land owned by Namibia which separates Angola and Botswana on either side for a thousand kilometres. Whilst Botswana felt more relaxed and professional, Namibia was certainly more ordered. T...

ELEPHANT-ITUS Crossing the border into Botswana was a real culture shock. There were foot and mouth checks, polite border officials, air conditioned rooms, rows of computer screens, all resulting in an incredibly efficient service. We were now heading further towards civilisation and it came as a welcome relief. We left 15 minutes later contemplating why exactly it took us three days behind barbed wire to clear Sudanese customs! Arriving in Kasane we ...

BOOZE CRUISE AND DINNER AT THE ROYAL LIVINGSTONE Our final outing in Livingstone was a 'booze cruise' on the Zambezi River. It is a pleasurable way to take in the river, see the hippos and exotic birds nesting on the river banks not forgetting drinking as many sundowners as can be drunk in three hours! Whilst tucking in to our umpteenth gin and tonic we were fortunate enough to meet up with a great fun crowd of Texans on a business trip. Michelle runs the...

CELEBRATIONS AT VICTORIA FALLS Our arrival at Victoria Falls marked several events: our 200th day on the road, 20,000 miles from home, our 28th country and Camilla's 30th Birthday. So it was time to celebrate... We started by visiting the Victoria Falls late in the evening to see a very rare site - a lunar rainbow which appears only when there is a full moon and a clear sky. There are only two places in the world to see such a "moonbow" (the other in...

LOST IN LUSAKA After eight days stranded in South Luangwa Park we eventually managed to get out of the flooded area. We were tired, wet and behind schedule but at least back on Terra Firma. John and Rich felt there was only one thing to do when we finally arrived in Chipata...hit the bar! The evening entailed many beers, south African red wine, Jonny Walker Red Label, numerous brandy and coke's (bought by some well meaning Afrikaners), finished off with sp...