4/10/07
When we left Chelinda Lodge on Tuesday morning, we were spared the matolas and minibuses by a remarkable stroke of luck. We got a lift from my long lost cousin. Owen Brady (and he’s even from County Cavan!) and his girlfriend gave us a lift all the way to Livingstonia in their trusty little 4x4. I can’t even begin to explain how fortunate this was. Not only would we have had to do the reverse of our hop, skip, and jump, to get out of Nyika National Park, the road to Livingstonia is no picnic. I extracted an accurate description from Lonely Planet:
The road to Livingstonia turns off at Chitimba, forcing its way up the escarpment in a series of acute hairpin bends (20 to be precise – they’re numbered) with a bad road surface, steep gradients, and pretty frightening drops to add to the fun. If you’re driving it starts out well, but the wide dirt road quickly becomes a steep rutted track, only just passable with a 4WD.
When we left Chelinda Lodge on Tuesday morning, we were spared the matolas and minibuses by a remarkable stroke of luck. We got a lift from my long lost cousin. Owen Brady (and he’s even from County Cavan!) and his girlfriend gave us a lift all the way to Livingstonia in their trusty little 4x4. I can’t even begin to explain how fortunate this was. Not only would we have had to do the reverse of our hop, skip, and jump, to get out of Nyika National Park, the road to Livingstonia is no picnic. I extracted an accurate description from Lonely Planet:
The road to Livingstonia turns off at Chitimba, forcing its way up the escarpment in a series of acute hairpin bends (20 to be precise – they’re numbered) with a bad road surface, steep gradients, and pretty frightening drops to add to the fun. If you’re driving it starts out well, but the wide dirt road quickly becomes a steep rutted track, only just passable with a 4WD.
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