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Crossing the boarder was a nightmare, getting out of Tanzania was ok, but Zambia was horrendous. There were container trucks everywhere; there were no signs and no specific parking areas, I had to move the car twice to let trucks through and cars out. It is illegal to bring currency into the country yet they expect you to pay for the road tax in the local currency!!! So we had to change some dollars for a terrible rate from a tout at the gate. It took us ages to get through and they charged me extra because I'm English! $60 the most expensive visa so far (J.P got in free) and I had to beg them to let me have it for longer than a week!!!
Zambian pot holes are the biggest we have seen they are craters that suddenly appear. You are happily travelling at 70kph on a nice tar road when bam you are suddenly in a pit! We drove through the vast estate of Shiwa Ng'andu, a British guy Stewart Gore-Brown built it in the twenties, about the time that his sister E Locke-King was racing at Brooklands (she is the lady from the film 'Those magnificent men in their flying machines') He built a massive English manor house and set up a farm, schools, hospital and housing for the staff and community. It all looks very weird amidst the African countryside, but the lake views are spectacular. We stayed a couple of nights at Kapishya lodge by the hot springs (run by the Stewart Gore-Brown's grandchildren), The camp was lovely next to the river and the spring was a gorgeous clear blue lagoon of hot water with golden sands, surrounded by palm trees ? bliss! We made our first attempt at baking bread in the potjie pot on the fire ? It worked really well. We met some Zambian farmers who grow coffee and guess which american world wide firm they supply??? Starbucks!
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