I was up at 4:30am this morning for a 5am departure and a drive of almost 1000km. It was totally worth getting up early at this place as we saw more game on the way out (as it was still dark) than you would at some actual game reserves. The first animals we saw were waterbuck who darted in front of the truck as we were leaving, then a few zebra in the bushes and then lastly some Kudu. The best thing though were two giraffes who were sitting down sleeping rig...

I got up reasonably early this morning and had a pretty decent breakfast at Shoestrings, I then went for a walk into town to hand over the obscene amount of cash I had carried across the worst border in Africa to Joy at Backpackers Bazaar. She wasn't in yet so I had to wait around for a fair while. When she got in, I handed over the cash, got some last minute instructions from the boss (typical of this company) and then Joy offered to drive me to the border. ...

After my night in the dorm from hell, I attempted to have a sleep in today, but it was no point. The people I was sharing with were too noisy and it was already stinking hot. I got up and proceeded to help George with getting us sorted for our departure to Botswana tomorrow. I drew up the new duty roster and then we went shopping in town to stock the truck back up again. I got back around 1pm and George and I had lunch, then I proceeded to wait for Cat, Kat...

After my night in the dorm from hell, I attempted to have a sleep in today, but it was no point. The people I was sharing with were too noisy and it was already stinking hot. I got up and proceeded to help George with getting us sorted for our departure to Botswana tomorrow. I drew up the new duty roster and then we went shopping in town to stock the truck back up again. I got back around 1pm and George and I had lunch, then I proceeded to wait for Cat, Kat...

I got up again at 5am this morning, carefully checking for huge spiders as I emerged from my tent. We had a quick breakfast and then headed for Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. I was in the back of the truck today and when we rolled into Lusaka, we parked in the car park of a huge shopping centre, which certainly wasn't there when I was here last. The group were told to be back at the truck by 3pm and George and I went into the shopping centre to pick up suppl...