Zambia World Wide

We with a friend decided to drive from Zambia through Zimbabwe and into SA the trip would take six weeks in all as we really wanted to know a great deal about the country and intended travelling not only into the country but also see as much as possible. We were making a big decision based on what we found and how we felt would decide our future. The first thing we had to do was make a long range fuel tank and fit it in the car as we knew that petrol would be hard to find in Zimbabwe and so felt we needed a supply that would take us into SA. This done we were on our way, we drove through Zambia to the border and entered Zimbabwe, always a time of worry as we were never quite sure how a border crossing would go, not in Africa anyway. It was however very easy we had got things right and they did not see our fuel tank which we had fitted in the boot, we all deserve some luck. Now we really felt we were on our way, SA here we come. We drove through Zimbabwe and arrived at the border with SA, we had a good run and there were no problems, which was unusual.

It was our intention to see as much as possible in the time we had, we had planned our route very carefully so as to miss nothing of importance as for us this was to be a very special trip. We were deciding our future, which meant a great deal as we wanted to stay together as a family. We crossed the border and travelled down into SA we drove through the Limpopo to Pretoria and then on to Johannesburg from there we went to Kimberley, we did have an engine problem along the way, I can’t remember where but we had to stay over whilst a new engine block was fitted. I don’t remember the name of the town but it was a really nice place and we were quite happy to spend a few days there. We did however drink the bar dry. Kimberley was a great place to stop, Lovely town and much to do. We did spend a day at the big hole which I believe was one of the places that diamonds were first found in South Africa, they must have been real hard men or desperate to find diamonds, visiting there today it is hard to imagine the way people lived back then. We then spent some time at a working mine and it was so modern compared to the old method of diamond mining, it was like we were in a different world, something we would not have missed. From Kimberley we drove on towards Cape Town passing through Oudtshoorn where we visited an ostrich farm. It was an interesting experience which we would never repeat, the birds were well looked after and had enormous strength. They could be so gentle but also vicious, lovely animals but one should not be fooled. We then carried on towards Cape Town passing through Stellenbosch which was a big wine area in SA, we did of course have to stay over and sample the wines. No problem with that except come lunchtime we realized that Craig was drunk, he had gone from one to another asking to taste the wine and by lunchtime had drunk far to much. None of us had a clue as to how much he had drunk, I only know that it was far too much and he was a right pain for the rest of the day.