Daily journal entries on our journey from Cape Town to Chavuma
We managed to find a gap in our busy schedule to take an exploration trip to Mongu and the Barotseland floodplains. This is our first vision trip to the Western Province of Zambia since joining SIM. Our objective on this trip was to explore this area to confirm whether or not this is where we […]
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The last few days before and since our arrival in Lusaka have been quite a whirlwind! We can hardly believe that we only arrived 4 days ago. It feels like it’s been ages already. ‘What have we been up to’ you ask? Well let me tell you… Packing Dilemmas On Tuesday (17 January 2023), we
Happy New Year dear friends! Currently we find ourselves in Durban, in the beautiful lush greenery and the sticky humid heat.
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On Monday 14 March we finally received the long-awaited news that our vehicle documents were ready. This meant that we could finally escape the clutches of Lusaka. We had slowly started packing in the hopes that it would be happening sometime this week but now the time was upon us. It was 4:30 pm and
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Follow our journey from Cape Town to Lusaka via Botswana. Enjoy the elephants and the ‘Smoke that Thunders’ with us. We’ve been in Lusaka for 3 weeks. We left Cape Town on 24 January and arrived in Lusaka on 7 February. We’ve been stuck here since. We need patience whilst we push on through the
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We left Cape Town about a month ago heading for Chavuma, but now we are stuck in Lusaka. It’s been 2 weeks since we arrived here. Philip (our Zambian clearing agent) initially told us it would only take about 3 days to process the importation of our vehicle. Why is it taking so long? A
On Monday (7 February) we woke up early for the 7-hour journey to Lusaka. But first we headed to the famous Mosi-oa-tunya (Victoria Falls). What a magnificently exhilarating morning! The Smoke that Thunders The falls were quite full (it gets fuller around April); the mist was rising up (“raining from below” as Renée put it);
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Reluctantly we left our amazingly beautiful accommodation in Senyati at around 10am on Sunday morning (6 February) as we would be crossing into Zambia. The serene morning offered peaceful scenes by which we did our devotions as we read from the Bible among the beautiful wildlife. The long complicated day demanded this peaceful start as
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Our journey to Senyati (near Kasane) surprised us with elephant sightings and downpours of rain. On this stretch of fairly good road we encountered only a few potholes which we dodged effortlesly. However, there are numerous animals on the side of the road and often right in the middle of the road. We dodged them
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488km travelled – 9.4km/lt – 68km/h average speed. Our journey to Palapye had one or two surprises, but was quite pleasant nonetheless. We left Maryke’s home in Pretoria at 7:30am and it was raining. We had such a lovely time with Maryke it was hard to say goodbye. The road from Pretoria to Mokopane is
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249km travelled – 8.6km/lt – 81km/h Thursday (3 February) was quite a hectic day of trying to find a lost parcel, purchasing tents from two different stores, and getting our Covid tests done. By the end of this day, we were really tired and needing a nice cold drink to cool us down. We found
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After spending some quality time with Renee’s family in the Durban area, we headed back to Hillcrest and spent Saturday night and Sunday night with Steven and Kanyo Mabugana. We were lavishly spoiled with warm hospitality. On Sunday, we (together with Kanyo) attended Christ Church Umhlanga (CCU) where we met Sinen Majola, Balan & Christine
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Last week was a precious time of visiting with our family and dear friends in KZN. Although this detour was a bit off our route, we felt that it was a necessary step in our journey. We have no idea when we will be back in SA to see my mom and dad again so
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The distance from Hillcrest to Durban North is merely 46km, so we left later in the morning (Wednesday, 26 January) after getting some admin done. We had a very comfortable stay at Steven’s home. I went to school with Steven on the mission school in KZN. We have been friends from our childhood. It was
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Distance travelled: 588kmAverage fuel consumption: 9.2km/ltAverage speed: 86km/h Tuesday 25 January we woke up refreshed in the home of Ray and Roxy Beckman. We were ready for the next leg of our journey and departed from Bloemfontein at 07h45. Michael was feeling anxious about our monthly newsletter that was not out yet so we started
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Distance travelled: 954kmAverage fuel consumption: 8.9km/ltAverage speed: 89km/h We left our home in Marina da Gama, Cape Town at 04h55 on Monday 24 January. The vehicle was heavily loaded and straining under the load. We were mildly anxious to see how it would handle such a heavy load. After about an hour on the road,
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The export process can only begin once I get a work permit. The whole process is on hold until we get approval from Zambian Immigration. We hope to hear good news in this week. I have been in communication with 3 different clearing agents in Zambia to determine what is required to get the vehicle
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