Only on waking did we realise what a view we had from our bure overlooking Lake Kariba up a short slope too steep for hippos! Seven of the group decided to hire a boat, driver/guide and fishing gear. Robert, who is also the chef and whatever else he is called on to do, took us out on a punt poking into small bays and stopping for us to fish with the old rods and reels. They had corks or reeds for floats, rusty old hooks and when one rod was found to be sans ho...

If we thought that the day driving from Antelope Park to Mana Pools was a long one, then we were sadly mistaken. Although that day had been longer in terms of kilometres, the day to Tiger Bay was across the most appalling roads and so took hours longer, eventuating in what no-one wants to do in Africa - drive after dark. On top of that one of the cars was having alternator problems and so was lacking a functioning battery to start the motor, use the radio or powe...