We are all packed early this morning and head for the ferry. Not much action there!
The ferry is still going nowhere so its plan B and a fairly lengthy detour towards the Malawi border adding some 150kms onto our scheduled 400 kms today. We proceeded onto a "short-cut" but then reverted to the main road. After a fuel/comfort stop at Macubo we head towards the border and all the while the road deteriorated between gravel, potholes and deep sand and Mother Nature decided to throw a few rainstorms at us for good measure. The GPS showed campsites dotted along the route but Rex had not been able to establish that these were still functioning. As we were only travelling at about 25km per hour even a relatively short detour in search of a campsite could take a couple of hours, so we decided to push on to the border. We eventually arrived at Milange at about 22H30 by which time the border had long since closed and a churchyard was the most appealing spot to camp for the night for an early crossing at 6am tomorrow. It had taken us 14 1/2 hours to cover just over 500kms. It was a long day and a short night. We've had a couple of rain storms en route. Morale is still good though - Rex HAD warned us that Africa is not for sissies. We will have to try and make up time tomorrow.
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