Monday, August 22, 2016
Chilila Cottages, Binga, Zimbabwe
Another driving day. Tomorrow will be,
as well. We left the dam around 7:00 this morning and got here
around 1:00 with no police stops. We passed a few but they were just
sitting in the shade along the side of the road, except for one. It
was at an intersection, with a gas station, but we avoided them by
going into the station, filing up and then taking the road past the
police.
The drive out of the park was a bit
depressing. Right at the park boundary is a working open coal mine
At the end is this sign:
The cottages are a bit run-down, but they are right on the edge of Lake Kariba, the largest reservoir in the world, or so I'm told. Driving into Binga, it is believable. You get a view of it from up on a hill. It is reminiscent of one of the Great Lakes.
Tomorrow is more driving - on a mostly dirt road. People have
said it's only 6 hours, but my GPS says 9. We've had various reports
about the road conditions, but none say we will have any problems.
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