We left Chobe and drove back over the Botswana border into Zimbabwe. Within five klms of being in this corrupt country we saw it first hand. We were stopped on the side of the road by a police officer and his offsider with AK47 in hand. He declared our driver’s licence wasn’t up to date (which it was) and wanted money. Our driver called his bluff, and started to load our luggage into the next bus that came along and told him he was leaving him with his vehicle and we would all be going on and he then would have to explain to his superiors why there was a vehicle sitting on the side of the road. Once he realized he wasn’t getting his money he gave back the licence and let us go. Seeing the four of us he no doubt saw a chance of us paying up just to get on our way to the airport. They tell us the corruption starts at the top and goes all the way down.
Anyway we arrived at Victoria Falls airport in time to catch our plane back to Johannesburg. Lucky too, they changed the route and flew to Livingstone in Zambia,so enroute we got another great view of the falls from the air.Back in Johannesburg we picked up our rental vehicle from the airport and spent another enjoyable evening with Graham’s family.
Sorry no photo, would you be game to point a camera at a guy with an AK47? Not in that country!
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