DISSAPOINTING CHOBE NP 21 Aug 2008 Day 173 Kasane, Botswana (Ngina Safaris Camp S17 47.786 E25 13.322) Chobe NP entry fee: 120Pula pp ($20), 50Pula / vehicle SARAH: Chobe NP turned out to be very disappointing but I guess no park can compare to South Luangwa. We saw more animals in the evening around the river but even in the winter bush spotting game inland was difficult. The riverside drive was pretty and it was strange driving on such sandy tracks game vi...

17 Aug 2008 Day 169 Petauke - Monze (The Moorings Campsite S16 11.624 E27 32.600) 578Km SARAH: Today was one of our biggest drives of the trip and we were on the road at 6am. It's a pity we don't have the time or money to go to Lower Zambezi NP, but with diesel being so expensive we've decided to do the parks in Bots instead. It's just one more thing to come back to. I was very impressed with Lusaka as we passed through. I could have been in JHB for all I kne...

SENSATIONAL SOUTH LUANGWA! 9 Aug 2008 Day 161 South Luangwa NP (Croc Valley Campsite) SARAH: This is our second best campsite of the trip after the Libyan desert camp. It's so wonderful to be back in wild African bush again and we were woken with a few disturbances from the hyena and hippo. There's no better place to do tedious washing than sitting in the baking sun on the Luangwa river game spotting whilst washing clothes. It really doesn't get much bett...

FAT MONKEYS 02 Aug 2008 Day 154 Senga Bay - Cape Maclear (Fat Monkeys Campsite S14 01.448 E34 50.473) 166Km BRUCE: Well the reason that our split charge batter system does not work and we have no lights or fridge is poor workmanship by myself when I did the installation back in the UK. I repaired the loose connection and we were back in business in no time!! We spent the morning sharing info with Ester and Berry who were great and gave us loads of info o...

NALI MALAWI 28 July 2008 Day 149 Chitimba (Chitimba Beach Camp S10 35.073 E34 10.541) 0 Km SARAH: We needed to do heaps of washing so spent 2 hours in the morning doing that. The sun was out and once all the chores were done we could relax. There are about 10 local carving shops outside the campsite and when driving in we saw that the carvings were magnificent so we went to have a look. We weren't disappointed and the carvings are by far the nicest we'...