Barney went down the road to the RTSA to pay our road tax/toll. They wouldn’t accept kwacha from him and he had to come back for some dollars, so was very fed up. This $20 turned out to be very well worth it, though, as we didn’t have to pay a toll at any road barrier or even at the border when we left Zambia.
Eventually we drove the Mog back through the bougainvillea and went off to see some of the Mwela rock paintings. These are spread over a very large area so we didn’t expect to see more than a handful. Our guides walked us through a very attractive area with lots of boulders and small caves. IN some places we were walking on formations similar to limestone pavement. The paintings we saw were quite small and not very exciting but it was interesting nonetheless. One of the guides came with us in the truck to another nearby site because I wanted to see the Mwela lion and hunter. This painting is very well executed and impressed even Barney. We would not have found any of them without a guide because there was a fair bit of clambering and scrambling to do in order to reach them. Worth doing, though overpriced.
Shoprite in Kasama next, where we found almost everything we wanted. There were a number of items that we hadn’t seen for a while, all coming up from South Africa. Then on to Chishimba Falls. After a very late lunch we walked downstream to the various viewpoints. The paths and signage were good and the rapids and falls very impressive indeed. We didn’t go upstream as well because it started to rain, but legged it back to the campsite. Our spot is right next to the weir, which makes a continuous loud roaring. The rain once again turned into a big thunderstorm with some really huge crashes right overhead. It was a noisy night.
Eventually we drove the Mog back through the bougainvillea and went off to see some of the Mwela rock paintings. These are spread over a very large area so we didn’t expect to see more than a handful. Our guides walked us through a very attractive area with lots of boulders and small caves. IN some places we were walking on formations similar to limestone pavement. The paintings we saw were quite small and not very exciting but it was interesting nonetheless. One of the guides came with us in the truck to another nearby site because I wanted to see the Mwela lion and hunter. This painting is very well executed and impressed even Barney. We would not have found any of them without a guide because there was a fair bit of clambering and scrambling to do in order to reach them. Worth doing, though overpriced.
Shoprite in Kasama next, where we found almost everything we wanted. There were a number of items that we hadn’t seen for a while, all coming up from South Africa. Then on to Chishimba Falls. After a very late lunch we walked downstream to the various viewpoints. The paths and signage were good and the rapids and falls very impressive indeed. We didn’t go upstream as well because it started to rain, but legged it back to the campsite. Our spot is right next to the weir, which makes a continuous loud roaring. The rain once again turned into a big thunderstorm with some really huge crashes right overhead. It was a noisy night.