B spent most of the morning with his head under the bonnet fixing the belt. The main one had gone. As the others had to come off to replace it, he changed the big fan belt and the compressor belt at the same time. I took a mountain of laundry up to the lodge and when the dry stuff came back it was ironed and folded!
I collected lots of small fire wood from around the campsite and got a fire going on our braii-stand -the potje is getting its first airing in years! We made a chicken stew with onions, carrots, chilli and some of Maria’s lentils. It was very tasty so we felt quite pleased. Enough left over for another meal as well – we had forgotten how satisfying cooking on the fire can be.
We’re trying to weigh up whether to store in Lusaka or Windhoek. We’re having problems trying to understand Zambian vehicle rules – particularly the carbon tax. Locals pay it and get a whole years validity – we paid and could only get 30 days, possibly based on our visas. The red tape in Zambia seems to have got out of hand and the Zambians themselves don’t seem to understand the carbon tax rules. This seems a bit risky somehow. We’ve e-mailed Manfred in Windhoek to see if he has space for us – his storage place is a known quantity.for us.
I collected lots of small fire wood from around the campsite and got a fire going on our braii-stand -the potje is getting its first airing in years! We made a chicken stew with onions, carrots, chilli and some of Maria’s lentils. It was very tasty so we felt quite pleased. Enough left over for another meal as well – we had forgotten how satisfying cooking on the fire can be.
We’re trying to weigh up whether to store in Lusaka or Windhoek. We’re having problems trying to understand Zambian vehicle rules – particularly the carbon tax. Locals pay it and get a whole years validity – we paid and could only get 30 days, possibly based on our visas. The red tape in Zambia seems to have got out of hand and the Zambians themselves don’t seem to understand the carbon tax rules. This seems a bit risky somehow. We’ve e-mailed Manfred in Windhoek to see if he has space for us – his storage place is a known quantity.for us.