The campsite is right on the river and the ablutions are first class. A poor Black Mamba climbed up into the roof of the owners house up on the ridge beam. They battled to extricate it and unfortunately they had to kill it, was not a pleasant sight.
After breakfast the Professor and I went our different ways, mine only 30 kms down the road to Riverdance Lodge , where there are four campsites on nice green grass with your private ablution, one of the best I have seen in terms of layout and hooks and space.
The restaurant overlooked the river and very nicely decorated with friendly staff and the food was top notch.
With limited space on the deck I shared my table one night with a German fella , most interesting, he tours around Southern Africa in a Troopy and then stores it wherever and then goes home for three months and then tours again for four months, doing it for six or so years. The place was full and all Germans, everywhere I go !
After two nights there, it was time to amp it up and after having breakfast with Ernst at 7am I went to Ngepi camp to just check it out, but it's run down so I continued on to Ngoma. Got back on the tar and there comes the Professor, we stopped and chatted and then went on our separate ways .
The road is straight all the way to Katima Malilo for like 300 kms where I popped in and visited an aquantince and then continued on till Ngoma where the camp site was full but they accommodated me. Three times during the night the lions roaring awoke me, which was real surprising cause it's on the river between Namibia and Botswana and there were cattle grazing there in the evening, maybe that's why.
Temperatures are climbing, hit 38* C today, averages so far are around 35* C and late afternoon the clouds come in and the threat of rain is always looming and it cools it down a bunch thankfully.
BOTSWANA AND ZIMBABWE
Was first in line at the Namibian border and took mere minutes and likewise going into and out of Botswana .Stopped at Chobe River Lodge for breakfast and then my son phoned me and we chatted for ages, sad news about the 150 deaths in Seoul at the Halloween festivities where he happened to be the night before.
Finally got going and glanced over in the parking lot and saw a green Troopy which I know from Cape Town had just pulled in and Will got out and didn't kind of recognize me at first, crazy cause we passed each other in Kruger NP in April.
Zimbabwe border was quick and easy, only had to pay $21 for road tax and an hour later was in Victoria Falls at N1 where we camped in March.
Ventured over to the Victoria Falls Hotel for a bite and a beer.
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