October 20th – Day Twenty Six A lovely sleep-in was followed by a good breakfast of pancakes and cereal. The mornings activity took us to Victoria Falls so once eaten we were soon again in the truck for the short drive to the falls. Tina had taken ill the previous evening and was visiting the […]
Quick update
Hello there. Thanks for all the emails to people on the trip with kind words about this site, it’s all much appreciated. We’re in Livingston at the moment and we’re got a week or so in one place so I’ll catch up with the text in a couple of days. Don’t expect too much from […]
Arriving in Livingstone
October 19th – Day Twenty Five Four subsequent early starts of before 5am takes the energy out of a person and we actually left the camp ten minutes later than the planned time of 6am. Helen and Stephen stayed behind, Helen staying to visit a school her parents had an association with and Stephen going […]
Driving…
October 18th – Day Twenty Four Today is my sister Catherine’s birthday so I tried sending her a happy birthday text only to realise later in the day I had sent it to her home phone number rather than her mobile (which I don’t have). At least I tried. My cell phone is also now […]
More Safaris
October 17th – Day Twenty Three We woke early for the morning activities. A number of us were heading off for a early morning park walk and three people were going back into the park for another driving safari. Keryn, Maria and John were all set and ready when the vehicle arrived and soon departed. […]
Night Safari
October 16th – Day Twenty Two The evening game drive was nice but we didn’t really see anything exciting. Keryn and I were with Jacques, Helen and Ann in a vehicle with a different driver to those we had travelled with in the morning and while we was very considerate and told us a lot […]
South Luangwa National Park
October 16th – Day Twenty Two We were all up and ready to be picked up at 5.30am so we could be at the park entry gate by 6am. Unfortunately there was a mix-up somewhere and we we’re picked up till 6 so there were a few angry words when the drivers arrived. That out […]
Bouncy Road to South Luangwa
October 15th – Day Twenty One Our proposed sleep in was rudely spoilt by the other truck leaving before 7am. They started getting up around 5am so most of us were awake long before our breakfast time, also 7am. Tents were packed and all cleaned up well in time to leave at 8. Jacques had […]
Driving to Zambia
October 14th – Day Twenty Today was very long. The early start was achieved with the truck on the road by 6am. The five hour drive back to Lilongwe was completed with no problems, most people asleep or resting for the majority of the trip. We were stopped at a police roadblock and Jacques had […]
Exploring Zomba
October 13th – Day Nineteen An early start again today so we could head off early on a walk to a viewpoint over the plateau. Most of the group decided to come along so we set off at 6am for what was hoped to be a four hour return trip. The walk was nice and […]
Zomba Plateau
October 12th – Day Eighteen The latest in a long line of days started early and this time we had our tent packed up before most people were out of their own for breakfast. The drive today was about five hours and would take us to a camp site above the old Malawi capital of […]
Lilongwe
The real October 11th – Day Seventeen With an 8am departure time everyone was up for breakfast at 7am. A few more hardy souls got up even earlier to do things like take photos of the sunrise over Lake Malawi. I was sitting on a lounger at the beach end of the bar waiting for […]