Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Main Camp, Hwange National Park,
Zimbabwe
It was a day of tickets. We drove from
Victoria Falls to here in 4 or 5 hours. The road was good, but there
were adventures.
Zimbabwe police set up roadblocks every
20 or 30 miles, checking travelers for 'violations'. Basically, it's
a way of extorting money. They have a long list of things they can
'fine' you for. We got stopped twice and got tickets both times.
For me, one ticket was for a broken backup light – that was $10.00
The other was because the camper didn't have a fire extinguisher or
the weight ratings for the vehicle printed on the side. That was
$40.00.
Josh got one for a broken tail light, a
missing gas cap (that he had left back in Kasane before we got into
Zinbabwe), and the fire extinguisher/ratings thing.
Back in Victoria Falls, he had called
around and found that the Toyota Repair place in Bulawayo, a fairly
large town about 3 hours away had the gas cap, so our plan is to drive
down there tomorrow and see if we can get it along with the taillight
lenses.
In the meantime, we've got a whole
“lodge” to ourselves for 4 nights. It's 2 bedrooms, a kitchen,
bath, dining area, and a sitting room. All for under $90 a day.
It's not fancy, or even new looking, but it is comfortable and fairly
clean.
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