I had some 10 days to spend before I had to meet the group up in Arusha with which I would go on the Truck-Safari down to Victoria Falls. After spending some days in Dar Es Salaam, trying to get over the jetlag which was surprisingly severe, I went on my way to the Usambara Mountains.

The difference in climate and scenery could not have been more different – Arusha landlocked in a hot and dray area and Dar Es Salaam at the cost with the smell off the ocean and fish harbor.

We left Kande and headed for Harare in Zimbabwe. On the way we crossed into Mozambique and stayed one night in Tete. The place we camped was not really a campsite but children playground of one of the best Hotels in town – things are just a bit different here.

In Harare we stocked up whit food and money and headed then to Lake Kariba in the north of Zimbabwe. There we went on houseboat on which we would spend Silvestre. After that we went on to Matobo National Park and finally to the famous Victoria Falls.

The Okavango Delta is probably also a name most peoples know. Because the rain season had not influenced our trip so far and also I liked to see the world known Okavango Delta – my trip ended ‘officially’ at Victoria Falls – I extended for another week.

Having extended the truck-safari already once, I did it a second time. This time it was Namibia calling. Have heard and seen so much about this country that really liked to see it.

From South Africa I crossed into Lesotho and went to Malealea ‘The gems of the Mountain-Kingdome Lesotho’. Is stayed for one day in this place and did a pleasant walk through river gorges and local villages around the ‘hills’ in Maleale.

After waiting for some days in Maralal for a truck to come to go up to Lake Turcana we finally got a ride not with a truck but with a Land Cruiser and instead of having two days till Loyangalani we needed just one. Finally some weeks later then once thought but totally satisfied, I Finally went on my way to Ethiopia.