Zambezi Tigers

There have been a few miles under the bridge since our last post and we are currently in Lusaka, Zambia waiting to catch a train tomorrow afternoon to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania.
The bus ride from Windhoek to Livingstone was unremarkable, which is probably remarkable in itself. We didn’t break down, the driver didn’t try and kill us, the bus was comfortable and we were only a few hours late arriving.
We spent the following day poking around Victoria Falls, which make our Kakadu waterfalls look pretty shabby! It really is a pretty amazing spectacle – and would be unbelievable in the wet season. I also did the bungee jump off the bridge, 111m high apparently. Was good fun but (probably unsurprisingly) gave me a headache! Luckily the helpful staff give you a bit of a push to get you over the edge or I’d probably still be standing there.
We then headed up to Jungle Junction, an island lodge on the Zambezi River. That is my kind of place – a thatched bar with sand for a floor looking over the river and you can get paddled around in a dug out canoe chasing tiger fish all day. Interestingly I had the same canoe driver as Brian a few years ago and he remembered him by name when I said I was from Darwin in Australia – apparently we had the same floppy hat and rubber lures. In any case I didn’t have much luck, only one little tiger. Judging by the number of nets and fish traps scattered around the place I think they get a bit of a hard time close to the village. Anyway, a good excuse to go back when I have a bit more time and try and score a decent size fish a bit further down the river.
I have also commenced my African fried chicken diet, which is pretty much the only thing you can get in the bus stops while you are travelling. I think that eating 500g of the stuff is enough to gain 1kg in weight. I am sure I’ll have to opportunity to investigate this further over the next few weeks.