The countryside was beautiful. The people very friendly. We found lovely campsites every night, unlike Tanzania where we were lucky to find a campsite. The roads were horrible most of the time so it was slow going. We were having problems with the van before entering Zambia and they got worse as we drove on. We finally made it to the Mercedes dealership in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. The dealership was great, they worked on the van immediately and sent us on our way. The problem was we had more trouble within an hour after we left. It took four days to fix all the symptoms. The trouble was created by poor quality fuel and slow driving. We have been dealing with both since leaving South Africa. We ended our stay in Zambia with a visit to Victoria Falls. Luckily this time of year there is water, lots of water.
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| Main highway crossing into Zambia from Tanzania. The first 160 km was like this. Horrible!!! |
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| The potholes were the size of a plastic kiddie pool. |
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| On the second day we encountered a road washout. The road had been closed for over 24 hours. You should have seen the line up of trucks. We waited for about 10 minutes and they allowed us to drive on the temporary bridge and then through a field. Very lucky. The following day we started to see trucks on the road heading south. |
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| Highway washout. I don't know how long it will take to make permanent repairs |
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| Road to Kalwa Guest Farm, our campsite for the night. |
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| Kalwa Guest Farm |
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| Campsite at a working farm, Fringilla Farm. |
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| Happy chickens at Fringilla. |
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| Nesting chicken at Fringilla. |
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| Dusty road through the city of Mazabuka. |
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| Crocodile sculpture at campsite in Livingstone near Victoria Falls. |
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| Elephant head - Sculptures are made from bottle caps. |
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| Victoria Falls on the Zambian side of the river. |
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| This is the rainy season so there is a water fall. Other times of the year the water on the Zambia side is diverted for hydroelectric power. |
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| Knife bridge - There is so much mist it's like taking a shower when you walk across the bridge. |
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| View of the falls on the Zambian side. The falls are much larger but you can only see the whole from Zimbabwe. |
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| Crocodile on the Zambezi River bank. |
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| Crocodile swimming in the Zambezi River. |
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| Zambezi River |
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| View of the Zambezi River |
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| Sunset on the Zambezi River |
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| Bill and I took a sunset cruise on the Zambezi River. |
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| Flower at our campsite in Sesheke. |
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| Flowers at our campsite in Sesheke. |
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