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Maramba River Lodge

We organised a couple of taxis to take us to the Maramba Lodge, arriving there about 5:30 in the evening. Heather had obviously been working hard all day as the braai area was set up with tables and chairs and of course the necessary braais. This was another one of those disappearing nights, it hardly seemed like we had arrived when it was time to go home. (I am beginning to think that the beer may have something to do with the disappearing nights)

Heather had hired the same band that had played on the African Queen the previous evening. Throughout the evening we were entertained with them playing a selection of reggae and rock ranging from Bob Marley to Dire Straits. The beer flowed freely and the food provided was phenomenal.

Trying to write this a number weeks later has made me realise that perhaps I did have a few as I don't remember the whole of the evening. Sufficient to say that it was truly enjoyable. Compared to the previous night it was rather subdued, not sure if this was as a result of the boat trip, too much to drink the night before, or more likely due to us knowing that it was our last evening together before we all went our separate ways.

The next morning it was off to the airport heading for Lusaka.

The trip to Lusaka was entertaining in itself. We did the flight in a 12 seater, single engine Cessna Caravan. It was a great flight, all be it just over an hour at 13,500 feet above the Zambian Bush. The flight allowed a great view of the city of Lusaka as we flew parallel to the Kafue road and then across the city and up the Great East Road to the International Airport. We were looking at the video of the approach, that Sue took, and have found that we could identify a number of landmarks as we went over them.