Day 26 - Samfya to Kawambwa [ 280km , 60% mud]
When we woke it was still raining - the half built building created some shelter for us to pack the bikes out the rain. Roadkill came up with this brilliant idea of taping our boots closed to keep it dry,but 10km further the rain stopped.It took 80km of tar road to get to the next town,Mansa,quite big and even have a Shoprite store. I calculated my fuel consumption for the first time - managed 470km on 1 tank at 26km/l...not bad. We fueled up and did 20km of tar to the edge of town till we got to the dirt road - bad at first with big potholes,but opened up gradually as we went over the mountain and started to become fun again....the mud was a huge challenge at first,but soon got comfortable and could manage to keep up with Roadkill-he had a close call with a goat that came out the bush and I nearly hit a little girl that came from nowhere...at that speed and muddy terrain its difficult to swerve out,so needless to say we calmed down a bit. I also accidentally popped a wheelie going over a bridge too fast only too hit anchors for a stupid goat crossing the road. In Kawambwa we got fuel and Roadkill felt like a steak,but could only manage a piece of cow...no cut,just a lump of meat,nothing wrong with that.We discovered a waterfall [Ntumbachushi] just out side town - it looked deserted,so we decided to camp there....was very nice to fall asleep to the thundering noise made by the falls.