CatChrisGoWalkabout

Our days on the truck are coming to an end but we still have a lot to see and do. Today we left early in the morning to head towards Livingstone. We got to Livingstone around 1pm and got a chance to go and see Victoria Falls. It was really amazing to see, there was a rainbow in the water whilst we were there and depending on the way the wind blew we got sprayed quite a bit from the falls. We were able to see people sitting up at what was known as Devils pool, it is an area on the edge of Vic Falls where people can go swim, however there are a lot of safety concerns as there have been people who have fallen over the edge due to the current. It was ... read more

We were up early and relieved to see that Chris’ symptoms had subsided. The nurses thought it was just from falling off the horse, by hitting his back he must have hit his kidneys in the process. Today was quite a long journey on the truck heading to the Zambian border where we would head towards Chipata. Chris took some more strong painkillers which helped him sleep for most of the trip and relieved the pain from his back. We reached the border where Chris and I got a double entry visas as our flights once the overland trip are over are booked out of Livingstone. We got a receipt for the double entry payment just to make sure there wouldn’t be any issues later. After the border crossing we headed towards Chipata. Chris and I ... read more

We had the opportunity for a sleep in before brunch at 10.30. Chris and I still got up around 8am and spent some time reading – surprisingly Chris has taken quite an interest in books!!! We had brunch then everyone jumped in the truck to head to Kande, another area around Lake Malawi. We drove for two hours before stopping at a town to get some supplies and use the internet, Chris was keen to get on to find out all he could about the new Man United signing. We also bought some supplies in the local shops then jumped back on the truck to head to Kande Beach. We got there in the late afternoon and organised to go horse riding the next day. On the way to the horse riding office I hurt my ... read more

Today was another driving day as we headed towards the border of Malawi. We got up early and were ready to depart for 6am. Due to unpredictable border entries we packed our lunch in the morning and set off for another long day. The drives really are part of the overlanding experience, they can be very long but really to be able to see so many countries in such a short space of time it really is the best option. Again,everybody slept for a while on the truck, played some card games, read a little, for some reason my travel sickness hasn’t bothered me too much on the truck which is a positive as it would be a very long journey if I wasn’t able to do anything other than sit looking out the window. When ... read more

We had to leave the hotel by 8.30am which we were really gutted about. We loved our time in Zanzibar especially in Nungwi where we had a chance to relax and get to know our group better. Plus it was really lovely not having to be on the truck at all over those days and just deciding what we wanted to do each day. We do love overlanding and know it is the best option for seeing Africa but it is nice just having time to ourselves and getting to relax. We had a couple of hours in Stone Town so Chris and I went to the internet café and then met Shaun and Sharon for lunch. Neither of us had a lot of shilling left so we went to the cheapest place we could find. ... read more