Coffeepot brewing earlymorning.
On the way to Pandamatenga. The first 100kms very heavily potholed. We were happy to be on bikes. We could
miss them. Cars had a hard time on those roads.
Lots of cropfarming around Pandamatenga. The whole area is as flat as a table but very vertile soil. Maize, sorghum,
and sunflowers as far as the eye could see.
Our site at the Zambezi river lodge. My third time in Kasane. The ablutions needed an overhaul badly. The views from
the pub......stunning!!
Inside of the pub overlooking the river.
If you like sunsets this is the place.
Earlier in the day we bought some meat at Spar for the evening braai. Standing in front of the meatsection Amanda
said" somewhere in this freezer must be dog or donkeymeat or both"! They must slaughter some of them because
the are so many. We would stop at the side of the raod to have a bite to eat and within 5 min 2-3 dogs would apear
out of nowhere. Good thing we were on the bikes. My wife would have loaded all the dogs had we taken the bakkie!!!
Next morning the campsite were taken over by these monkeys. We were told they do it every morning. We had to
lock everything!
Ferrycrossing at Kazungulo.
The ferry took us,a 10ton truck and a doubledecker bus. The truckdrivers name was Trevor Cawood. He is a Zambian
national and living in Livingstone for 19 years gave us tips about where to go to at the customsoffice at the Zambianside.
A great help. One has to go to 4 different places. It was very busy and it took about 2 and a half hours.
Umarumba campsite. Cheap and quiet. We could hear the falls from the campsite.
So many pics have been taken from Vic Falls. I will just add a few. I have seen it twice from the Zimbabweanside,
but must say it is much more spectacular from the Zambianside.
Someone bungyjumping.
We treated ourselves to a sunsetcruise. It started at the Waterfront campsite. Price included all food and drinks.
It was a stunning evening.
We went around an island in the Zambezi. Trip took about four hours.In total there were 17 boats on the water.
These eliphants have to swim to get here.
I had to put these 4 pics on. It was just stunning.
Thanks to a fellowpassenger we have this special pic on the boat.
We had spent three days in Livingstone. Rode with one bike all over town and just relaxed. OK and Amanda did the
washing while I checked the bikes over.
We did not feel like packing up because we knew we are turning around.We took our time.We did not go back via
Zim because their roadtax were very expencive. On the way to Kazungula we decided to stay one night longer
next to the river.
One 4x4,2 bikes and a loaded interlink. Its a big ferry!!
Two 150HP Cats to move the ferry.
Back in Kasane.
This guy was wearing woolsocks and leather sandals.Quess where hes from? A land where all pigs are tame!!
We spent the evening in the pub talking to fellow travellers.
The grainsilos at Pandamatenga.
Lunchstop.
We stayed at the casino in Franscistown which is also home to openairdisco and nobody told us. The music stopped
at two in the morning!The next day was a long trek through to Gaberone. My plan was to stay there but nobody could
direct me to a campsite when asked. The roads were busy as it was a longweekend. We kept on to Mafikeng. No campsite
either or people did not know of any. We decided to keep going to Vryburg where friends farm just outside town. It was
NOOOOO fun rideing in the dark on a unfenced road. There were lots of stray animals grazing next to the road. Got
safely in Vryburg at 9 and spent the next day resting.
This is Lulu the tame Kudu getting her first bottle of the day.
It was good to see old friends but we had to get home soon.
Neither Amanda or I has seen the Big Hole in Kimberley and it was on the way home. A short ride from Vryburg.
We went through the diamondmuseum run by De Beers.
The whole museumtown was revamped about a year later. Even a ramp that takes you out over the hole. Have
to go back to see that.
We were the only people in the whole campsite.
The next day was just spent fighting the cold and wind. The coldest by far on this trip. We stayed at the Karoo
national park. What a gem. Will go there again and yes they had no problems with us being on bikes.
The last day....
And guess who did not want to get up!! It was freezing in the Karoo.
This is the last pic we took. We were gone for 19 days. Rode 6200kms and had a great time.
We will go back there again.
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