Road Trip

We have recently had a visit from our friend Jono, from Aberystwyth, and his friend Kevin.  Kevin had some family business to attend to in Koama, so we went on a road trip.
Here are some of the pictures:

Day 1
Choma to Livingstone, which of course included a visit to Victoria Falls

That's Jono and Amos under those umbrellas - we got very wet!

Jono at the top of the falls

Day 2
Livingstone to Mongu.  510 km on a VERY bad road, almost 12 hours travelling.  We followed the Zambezi for much of the way, so got to see a different view of it:

We continued over this bridge and on to Mongu

Day 3
Mongu was a bit of a blur, we just stayed the night and continued in the morning to Kaoma, another longish day of travel.

Chewing the cud at a comfort stop.

Days 4 & 5
Kaoma

A small town, typical of the area

It was good to have time to stay still and chat with new friends:

Food and chat

Jono, Rabecca and Kevin

Day 6
Kaoma to Kafue National Park
A night in the park, what a treat.  We arrived for lunch and then did some game watching.  Here are some highlights:

Fish eagle

Hippo

Dragon fly

Jono and a croc

The croc a bit closer

LEOPARD FOOTPRINTS!!!!
We were very excited about this!

Puku

Later, as the light was fading we went for a short drive and saw these:

Elephants, with baby

And...

A LION!!!
We were not on foot, you can see Kevin and Jono in the vehicle.  We followed the lion for about a kilometre down the road!

Day 7
On to Lusaka for Jono and Kevin to get their flight and Bridget and Amos a bus back to Choma.

Bridget's personal highlight:

Stoked