We left Sally and John at the Elephant Hills hotel in Vic Falls on We'd to start our long 2500 km trip back to Cape Town. After going over the various options with maps it was decided to go to the Pandamatenga Boarder post and go home via Botswana. There are loads of Police blocks on the road in Zim to getting out quicker seemed better. After breakfast with the car packed we head out and little did we know at the time but the road on the map is stated a secondary road or good dirt road. Going along we only saw one other car thet was a game driving car. Then it was just us with no cell reception, a dreadful road with sharp rocks and loads of corrugation. There was elephant droppings that hadn't been driven over in a long time too so we knew this was the less traveled road. We were a long way down when it looked like there was no way this boarder could be operational. We came across elephants that weren't used to seeing cars and the ears flapped and trumpeted so we got out of there as quickly as possible. We eventually got to the boarder and surprise, it was operational. Such a relief as the thought of driving back along that crap road was daunting. Here are some pics of our trip home....
Excuse me sir, you have exceeded the speed limit. Well this was quite an experience with corruption first hand. No proof that the speed on the camers was actually ours either, it could have been left there for ages from someone else. We just needed to get out of there and get home.
It was a magic holiday and one i will always remember. I'll load contact details for the various sights during the week but going to sign off for now.
Cheers all
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