The long awaited country of hot showers, green grass, petrol stations & delicious STEAK STEAK STEAK! As soon as we cross the borders after days of potholed roads, our bottoms are blessed with smooth endless tarmac and we fill gorge ourselves on culinary treats.

however, as the days creep on, we somewhat feel out of place as we hit civilisation again in our stinky tattered clothes. It's great to start experiencing creature comforts again but sadly so, I feel that our adventure is over now...

A Young Ovahimba girl in Kaokoland, NamibiaAfter a few repairs in the north we decide to head east to Zimbabwe to get myself a new passport as it is completely full, so South Africa is onhold.

Patting a lion in Kalkfontein, Namibia!

We headed along the Caprivi Strip, transited through Chobe National Park towards Zimbabwe, a country that we have been warned not to go to. Informed it will be hard to get fuel & food (we stock up unneccassarily with packets of pastas & numerous tins of tuna).

We hit spectacular Victoria falls on the Zim side but the financial situation in the country is mind blowing (official bank rate is $350, unofficial rate is about $26,000!!). There is daily hyperinflation up to 1000% & potentially you could end up paying a couple of hundred US$ for a dozen of eggs!!!! So we opt to exchange money illegally on the "black market". As we go to use our new currency, we get rejected as we have no official receipt from the bank or documents to prove we are Zimbabweans. We have to pay in US$, we even get rejected fuel in the stations! Once out of Vic falls, it was much easy.

Ultralight flight over Victoria falls

Khama II sanctuary

Caprivi Strip