ZimBOBwe

Jax, her mom, English Paul and myself just spent a couple of weeks up in Zim. A total of 6800km (including our drive from the coast up to Joburg) and an awesome experience. The roads were a lot better than I anticipated and as long as we dodged the occasional pothole, frequent police checks and everpresent cattle riots, we sailed along happily. We chose to travel up through Botswana and then into Zim via Plumtree, trying to avoid the chaos of Beit Bridge on Good Friday. Unfortunately the rest of the planet had the same idea and it took us 7 hours and a real appreciation of African organisation to get across the border into Botswana. We spent a night in Bulawayo, then travelled up to Harare for a few days to celebrate Jackie's gran's 90th birthday. From there we headed for Kariba, where we rented a houseboat for 2 nights and then crossed the length of the dam, a total of 280km, on a 22 hour ferry trip. Next was Vic Falls for a few days and Hwange National Park to finish. Highly, highly recommended! Pics and other stuff to follow.