Day 67 to 73 ( 22nd September to 28 September 2015 )

We left Shackeltons at about 11h00 and said our goodbyes to our now good friends Dave and Tammy.We also had the privilege to meet the owner Harold. We did the 150 km of terrible potholed road to Livingstone and booked in at the Maramba River Lodge.The lodge campsite was basic but the tented camp and chalets was reasonable.Here however both of us was down with the most unpleasant attack of travellers tummy that you can imagine and for 3 days first Wilma and then Max did the  trip to the ablutions and back. It is a rather scary situation when Elephant and Hippo share the same Bush with you at night in total darkness.The lodge borders on the Mosi-oa -Tunya National Park. Between the lodge and park runs a river which during the dry winter is very low and Elephant and hippo move across into the campsite on a regular basis.Sadly the river  is totally covered with water Hyacinth and on enquiring from staff it seemed that not much is being done about the problem.

We always make sure that the necessary meds are in our first aid kit for situations like this and soon both of us were up and running again to enjoy all that Zambia has to offer.

Zambia the country that is called the land of natural delights and man made wonders.The Victoria falls is 7 km from the lodge and we visited the majestic falls on our motorbike when we were still feeling rather wobbly in the knees from the tum ordeal.

Rugby at the Zambezi Sun Hotel and a booze cruse on the Zambezi river put an end to all the nasties.