Stage Three: Chalala to Kariba , Lake Kariba Flat water Rafting

 Saturday 20th Dec : Mike Bradford, Mark Kilbourne , Jenny Smith and I drove up to Zim through the day; about an hour-and-a-half to get through the border  Customs" for SA passport-holders a farce, though a welcome one after the stifling Customs House - two officials seated at a table outside in the cool outside  air stamping declaration forms they couldn't possibly have been able to read in the darkness. Drove on up to Bulawayo, stopping at the Halfway Hotel for our first Zim Lion and Castle and Zambezi lagers. In Bulawayo, unable to find the right suburb and eventually walked into jorl at posh Byo Country Club (midnight, just ending), from where people led us there. All cars safely parked at appointed house, but house itself locked up and empty. Slept on driveway and lawn in best Explorer fashion.