this was just before the moment when we nearly got stuck in the national park by ourselves overnight

but we didn't

we saw Vic Falls which were absolutely amazing and gloriously full of water

we walked across the bridge to Zimbabwe

and drove ourselves round the Livingstone National Park

first turning, we found ourselves bonnet to bum with a giraffe

bagged zebra, warthogs, water buffaloes, monkeys and a fabulous group of 15 elephants who marched straight across the road in front of us

in the absence of road signs, i kept an eye on the direction of the setting sun and thought that i'd successfully navigated us back towards the gate before dusk when we slid right through a huge muddy puddle only to face another right in front.

i felt decidedly panicked so rammed my sister's car through a bush and half the puddle to drag us safely out

next stop, the bar

the first beer didn't even touch the sides