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Ready, Set, Go!!!! The crazy journey/story starts now, confident as we were… after our last goodbyes at the airport, there was that moment of doubt!!! But that moment didn’t last long!!! Once on the plane we greeted our adventure with the biggest smile there was! After 2 hours we arrived at Heathrow and from there we left for our 10 hour flight to Lusaka! Our first adventure was the flight to Lusaka, we couldn’t sit together! Not really a big problem, hadn’t it been for our great neighbors! Maxime had no problem because her neighbor had the same routine as her... eyes closed and sleeping!!! Casper and I were less fortunate…. I was sitting between 2 Big Italians, as big as in they needed 2 seats each to sit!!! Nightmare!!! Casper was sitting next to a woman who was preaching the word of God!! Apparently he didn’t look very religious, because she kept on preaching to him the entire flight….if the flight took any longer she might have tried an excorsime on him!!! Casper was so nice to repeat everything she said to us!!! Finally arriving in Lusaka and the first setback was already there, Casper’s backpack was left behind in Heathrow!! Punishment of God…..he should’ve listened to the lady next to him! So we were stuck for 2 days in Lusaka….normally his bag should arrive on Saturday! Not much to see here, one state of the art shopping mall between all the poverty! A lot of trash on the side of the roads, not a pretty sight!! On Saturday we headed to the airport, where we hopefully could retrieve Casper’s backpack!! Fortunately Casper got his backpack, we jumped on the first bus to Livingstone to see the Victoria Falls!! A bus drives the African way!! We left 2 hours later than planned, with more people then seats and then for an unknown reason the driver left the bus after 30min…..we never saw him again! About 30min later there was a new driver and of we went!!! After a 9 hour drive in an overcrowded bus we arrived in Livingstone, where we eventually ended up in the Zambezi Waterfront Lodge! There we put up our little tents between big and fancy tents, there was also a nice hotel! Small detail, it was next to the Zambezi River….waking up and having breakfast with a great view!! On Sunday we went to see de Victoria Falls, on our way there we had to stop because there was an elephant and her young crossing the road!!! For the Zambian people nothing special, but for us it was crazy!!! We spotted our first elephant!!! The Falls where amazing!!!! The enormous power of the water falling, the sound…..great view! Pictures will speak for them self’s!! We got a tip to have a drink in the bar of a fancy hotel at the start of the Falls because of its crazy view! Those hotels were located in a National Park, which we didn’t know. And so we were wandering around and suddenly a zebra passed by. We didn’t know what happened. Our first stop was a success!!! Of to the next one: Lake Kariba!! We have been at Lake Kariba for a few days now! The way to get there was again an experience! The first bus to Batoka was “normal” , but then we got into a mini-van filled with chickens en other weird stuff to get to Sinazesze! The last part of the trip to Lake Kariba we got in the back of a pickup! So far it was the best way to travel! Then we had to find a place to stay! The first place refused us, but at the second we could set our tents up! We got a cheap deal to stay there! It’s really nice here, our tents are just 6 meters away from the Lake! (Waking up with a great view) They told us there were crocodiles and hippo’s at the Lake, but we didn’t spot them…. But we did hear a hippo one night! We ran out to the water with our lights and searched for it…. but nowhere to be seen! I bet we looked like idiots with our lights!!! I think we’re going stay here for one more day, before we continue our trip!!! We hope to do a canoe trip down the Zambezi River all the way to Mozambique!!! Next blog coming soon, I hope!
08-08-2013, 00:00
Geschreven door Gerrit 
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