Special note - when you think you have paid everything at the border, on the day you arrived and the day after - don't be too sure! We paid Carbon Tax, Insurance and Toll fees at the border. Then as we drove out of Livingstone we were stopped to pay for council tax. It never ends. And after the fact we were told that if we were properly insured (as we are) then we should not have had to pay insurance again. Tell that to the officials at the border!
Anyway, the drive was easy going. We drove through a nature reserve for the first while, but saw no wildlife. After we left the reserve we saw a few elephants on the side of the road. No picture for some reason - sorry. No one explained to the elephants that they were not actually in the reserve.
We wanted to make a turn at Sushembe to see the Ferry that crosses into Botswana, but there was a queue of trucks nearly a kilometer long, so we kept going west toward Katima. The bridge crossing the Zambezi at Katima is very impressive, and the river itself is really wide. Apparently we are not supposed to take pictures on the bridge - no idea what that is about. But I think we managed to take a few sneaky snaps before we were told to stop.
Customs were the usual drill - hurry up and wait. And pay.
Through Katima to Kalizo Lodge. Arriving at Kalizo Lodge there is no longer any doubt in our minds that we are in Africa. "Rough and ready" is one phrase that comes to mind. Then we realised we needed some meat to braai, so the "manne" went back into town to get supplies. We had a lekker meal of wors, pork chops and mielie pap, and the kids spent the evening taking strange pictures while playing with fire.
Going to bed was an experience - we were sure there were innumerable unwanted guests with us in the beds, and the nets themselves were so tattered that we were not sure that they would actually lend any protection. Repellent coils smoldering and pitch dark (so we could not see what we did not want to see) was the only solution.
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