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DIARY
DAYS 1 - 5
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DAY 1 |
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Left about 5.35 a.m
from Summerstrand, P.E. Had breakfast in Cradock. Went via
Hofmeyr. Had to refuel. Nigel said he had a range of "0" on his fuel
guage! Not a promising start!! Went through Bloemfontein and
refuelled up tanks again.
Stopped in
Bultfontein for coffee. Nigel said he drank his coffee
standing up due to a sore butt!!
Arrived in
Klerksdorp at around 5. Decided to stop over here for the night.
Phoned from the Spur while enjoying a cold Castle! Went to bed
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DAY 2 |
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Left Klerksdorp
just before 6 and were in Thabazimbi.
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DAY 3 |
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We are now 2281km
from home. Left Francistown
this morning and travelled to Nata and then onto the Chobe National
Park. This was about 560 km today! We were able to throw something into the Zambezi river,
we were
that close. It was raining (very welcome!), and the
river was flowing quite strongly.
On route we visited
the Makgadigadi Pans, and drove about 10km into the Pan. Very
exciting riding as the Pans were wet.
From there it was
another 300km of straight road with loads of potholes. Saw elephant
droppings but unfortunately no ellies!”
We leave
tomorrow... we go across the river by Ferry into Zambia, and then on
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DAY 4 |
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We crossed
into Zambia by ferry, which only took a few minutes.... Spent about
2 hours at the border post though, filling in reams and reams of
documents... Are in Livingstone now, at a backpackers place called Fawlty Towers!
Are off to see the Falls this afternoon.
Victoria Falls
Had a great day in
Livingstone. Had the bikes washed as they were full of salty mud
from the pans. We did a 15 minute helicopter flight over the Vic
Falls which was spectacular, then we visited the Falls by bike. The
Falls were incredible as the Zambezi is flowing at full force, and
we got drenched. Lots of tourists around.
Victoria Falls
Tomorrow we will be
heading north to Lusaka which is 572km away.”
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DAY 5 |
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Left Fawlty Towers
after a bacon and egg breakfast... Headed for Lusaka. The first
approximately 60km were the worst roads we had seen... huge
potholes! We had to ride about 60km/h for most of that. However,
after that stretch, we encountered the best roads we had had!!!
Great ride over 572km to Lusaka. We all complained of sore arses
today! Found a photo shop where we transferred some photos from
(Nigel's) phone via bluetooth to the owner's phone. He then
transferred it to his computer and e-mailed them home for us... This
was the only way we were able to do it, and hope you got the photos.
We are not sure if we will be able to send anymore this way. The
photos were of us crossing the Zambezi river by ferry, Fawlty
Towers, and one of the magnificent Falls! The people are all so
friendly.
Victoria Falls as seen from the
helicopter
Spending the night
at Pioneer Camp, 20km north of Lusaka. Tomorrow we leave and travel
to the most northerly point of our trip, Chipata.
Victoria Falls
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