Little adventurers move to wildest Africa

Week 1   Week 2 Hanging around at the pool all day, meeting people, has certainly had its perks. Some days are very quiet, but I reckon its safe to say we have also hit the jackpot with the people we have met. The kindness and generosity we have been shown by  them has been overwhelming.  We had Terrie and Nelson drop off a microwave for us to use and they also had us over to their house for the most delicious Portuguese  feast. Barney and Genene bought us groceries and supplies from Harare when they came through Kariba to fetch their boat.   Pod and Jords picked us up to go fishing at the bream farm, on to the water slides, and then back to their house for a Braai.  View from Jords and Pods house The wife and son of one of Tims colleagues arrived one morning to meet us and bring some rehydration  salts for Tim (Margo and Tom with their son Brandon). Margo also made a plan to pick us up the next day to spend the day at their pool while Tim was in Harar...

At the craziest time in the history of the new millennium our Little adventurers will be embarking on a new journey to the very remote, beautiful and wild town of Kariba, which is situated next to Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. It is close to the Zambian border. We will be moving for Tim's work: a water treatment project at a local crocodile farm. The excitement of a new experience overshadowed the fear and uncertainty of moving our young family to the middle of nowhere. Lock down in Cape Town proved to us that we can survive on our own, despite being a very social family. The big day finally arrived and after dragging far too many bags and 2 weary kids across the country, we landed in (what LJ identified as) the driest Country in the world. At just 5 years old, he was most fascinated by the really long grass. We spent a night in Harare before the 360km (6 hour) drive to Kariba the following day. The warm summer temperatures were a welcome relief from the harshly cold and wet winter we l...