From Lilongwe, we first drove north on the M1 towards Kasungu, then cut across east on the M18 to get to the lake. The vegetation had become very tropical, with many banana trees and tall grass. The eastbound leg led us through the Nkhotokota Game Reserve, a beautiful stretch of tropical forest with elephant and buffalo. Unfortunately,…
Month: April 2019
Zambia into Lilongwe, Malawi
Mama Rula was the name of the camp that we stayed at on our last night in Zambia. It is just outside the city of Chipata, which is close the Malawian border. We knew we would be getting in late as the time in Lusaka with the Land Rover crowd had chewed up travel time. …
Pep Guardiola in Lilongwe, Malawi
I can’t believe it but we just met Pep Guardiola in a Snooker bar in Lilongwe, Malawi and I wanted to share some pictures right away. Mark doesn’t know him, but I was quite excited.
Lusaka travelling East to Chipata, Zambia
Eureka ! We had found a campsite and the campsite was actually called Eureka! We found what we thought was a great spot to set up our tent and relax. While braaiing the engineers in us found a way to suspend the chicken just the right height above the fire, as only engineers can do….
From Livingston to Lusaka, Zambia
We got up early at the Livingston campsite and after a quick tea and coffee were on our way towards the Victoria falls. For the non-Africans: the Zambezi river forms the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, so the Vic falls also have both a Zambian and a Zimbabwean side. We paid 45 USD entrance fee…
Caprivi to Livingstone, Zambia
It rained almost the whole night letting up at around 5am in the morning which led to a magnificent sunrise. The cold showers rectified our foggy heads from last night’s Tequila binge. A quick coffee and tea and the leftover vetkoek we had bought on the side of the road the day before and we…
From Etosha to Caprivi
We woke up early in the Sachsenheim campsite because our neighbor decided at 5am to chop firewood! By the way I asked the owner whether they were from Sachsen (Saxony, Germany). The explanation however is simpler. The Sachsenheim is the home of the Family Sachse who came from Germany 3 generations ago. The campsite had…
Windhoek and further North
In Windhoek we stayed at the Urban Camp which is across the road from the famous Joes Pub. Which we visited of course. Interestingly we were warned not to walk back to the camp in the dark even though it was just 500 meters. And I thought South Africa was dangerous. The WiFi at Joes…
Leaving RSA
We checked into Richterveld national park with an hour to spare. Potjiespram campsite was empty and we camped on the river bank, taking a walk to the actual river and just enjoying stretching our legs and taking in the raw beauty. We left Potjiespram early the next morning . At Sendlingsdrift our first issue of…