5 September 2007

We are currently in Livingston. Staying at a campsite called Maramba. $10 each per night. It is 5km’s from Vic Falls and the zim border.
Coming through the Botswana border was painless. We managed to make it through to Nata and spent the night at the Nata River Lodge. Can’t really say much as we arrived 1 hour before dark and left at 9am for Livingston. The road from Nata to Kazangulu was terrible. Between the HUGE potholes and the crazy traffic system of slowing traffic to 60km/h whenever you pass a small village, it was tough going. We arrived at the border around Lunchtime and got had by some eager locals who wanted to “help” us through the border. Big Mistake...think we paid close to double going through....can’t be sure as they paid everything for us and we to refund them. We only had rands on us, so they gave us their own exchange rate. Won’t be doing that again. Very frustrated with ourselves, but I guess you live and learn.
As I said, we are in Livingston and we went to the falls this morning. It was amazing. The river is flowing but nowhere near like when it is in flood. It def did not disappoint.
We are off White River Rafting tomorrow. Can’t wait....something we have always wanted to do. Will let you know how it goes.
As far as the car and camping goes, it is great. We obviously will have to tweak out system a little, but we are getting there. Car is running well. Were surprised at the number of land cruisers we saw in Botswana, all the official cars seem to be land cruisers...gave us more hope that we should be ok ;o)