Last Rest Day in Zambia

Today I returned to the camp site to put up my tent for another night of camping. It was a difficult thing to do after four nights of living in "civilization"...bath tubs, showers , surround sound TV etc. We have five days of riding ahead before our next rest day in Mann Botswana..I am sure I can make it until then...mind over matter I guess is the way to go :-)

We had a wonderful day yesterday. We went to Chobe National Park for a river cruise and and game drive. To say it was amazing would be an understatement. we were so close to the elephants that we could have reached out to touch them...we actually felt the flapping of the elephants ears. We were in an open air vehicle which made it so wonderful. To see the big animals that close...the giraffes were the same as were all the other ones we saw.

To do this we needed to cross into Botswana and then re-enter Zambia upon our return...so that was another 50 US dollars but the tour company actually paid half of the cost so it was convenient. By having a glimpse of Botswana we got a feel as to how the roads would be... very good with few potholes...now if we can just get a tailwind that will work for us as we cycle along.

The next five days will be a true test for us as some of mileage will be high due to the flatness of the country.

As with all rest days we are challenged with having enough of the countries currency without having a lot left over...so I have about 70Kwacha left right now..about 20 some dollars. When I leave from here we will go to the Spar supermarket and pick up some chocolate for the next days. As we cross the border tomorrow I will not need any local currency to do so. The next challenge will be to get our heads around what the Botswana currency will get us for an American dollar...after all the beer on rest day is the first priority for some so having that information is very important.

So once again ....keep well...live fully and joyfully and be grateful for all that you have...especially the people in your lives...in my case Randi :-)

Cheers