We were up early, none of us really looking forward to the bumpy ride ahead and, of course, the worry about fuel. When we got to the Malawi/Mozambique border at Mwanza we filled up our car with fuel to the maximum capacity before completing the simple procedures. Then on to the Mozambique side where again the formalities were relatively straightforward. We changed enough cash into Moz money, enough to fill our tanks again before we entered Zim. The one big feature was crossing the Zambezi River - it was huge! Like crossing of the Rhone at its widest. This was just before Tete where we asked about fuel and were assured that we could get it further on, “around the next corner”. But we never saw any fuel station, so on we went, secure in the
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