Friday 09 September 2011
We had a brilliant breakfast - Thanks to Korne and his team – in fact the breakfast spread was the best that we have had to date – we had made arrangement with Ian and Val whom are driving MG to Cairo, they had already had major problems with overheating on the first day of travel and got as far as Clan William – their car blew a gasket so they had to stay behind and get it fixed and then played catch up and joined us in Windhoek. At one stage we thought their trip might be from Cape Town to Clan William. Anyway due to the overheating issue we travelled behind them – well thank goodness we did a mere 18 kms out of RUNDU having done 702 kms their MG’s gear box completely packed in – they were towed into Rundu – a spare part is being flown from South Africa with a mechanic to work on the vehicle – they should have it fixed by Sunday which means they will have to play catch up again and believe they will meet us in Zimbabwe at Hwange Game Reserve. What a day – beautiful scenery – no people and vastness – miles and miles upon miles of vegetation and nobody.
The lodge in Rundu was a pleasant surprise as someone from the Old Wheelers Club had warned us that it was reportedly not very good. It was great right on the river – lovely dinner and a good night sleep.
Saturday 10 September 2011
521kms to Katimo Mulilo – through Game Reserve – which we managed to see some elephants – only – there was nothing else to see – again beautiful and again lots and lots of space – we arrived in Katimo at 13 h45 after leaving Rundu at 07h30. Staying in the Protea Hotel – well its like any Protea except we have a beautiful view of the Zambezi. A boat trip has been arranged for all of us – I have opted not to go – need to rest and get this blog updated - I am doing my best to get this done daily however it seems that not everyone has heard of Wi-Fi or even have the privilege of internet – so I am sure we will continue to have days where I will not be able to down load.
Wow Sandy and Chris!!! IT is great so see you are having a good time :-). We would love to one day do such a trip.Good Luck and I hope to see pics as you guys go. Red
ReplyDeleteOk you guys this is radically wonderful, Linda and I are reading with both fascination and a tinge of jealousy. Intrigued about the Volvo, is there a photograph somewhere so we can see if its a truck or a two seater?
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