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...

SURVIVING THE FLOODS The only road out of the park to the nearest town of Chipata has now completely flooded; in parts a 15km stretch has a depth of over 1 metre of water on the road. We are hearing news of sections of the road being swept away leaving gaping holes of several metres below the torrents of water. It could be days, even weeks before the water subsides and work can be done to the mend the road. So our two day visit to the South Luangwa Nation...

THE GREAT LUANGWA FLOOD The following day we were ready to leave the camp. It had been raining for a full three days turning what had been a beautiful campsite on our arrival into a water-logged quagmire. The river had risen a staggering two metres during our four day stay and, rather worryingly, was still rising. The water was coming from the rainfall in Malawi - we had thought it was wet when we were there but hadn't realised they had experienced their ...