I reached to the Zambezi river where a border of Zimbabwe was situated.

ルサカから1泊挟んで国境まで来た。とうとうと流れるザンベジ川、ここを渡ればジンバブエだ。



The visa was supposed to be $30, but an official told me that they had changed the price to $50 yesterday. Okay, I told him, I pay you if you give me a receipt. Then he wrote the receipt of $30 and didn't ask me another $20 again.
What a small ass he was.

$30と聞いていたビザ代だが、昨日から$50になったらしい。領収書を出せば払うと言ったら$30の領収書を出して来た。最初から正直にそうすれば良いのにバカな奴だ。



From this point, I decided to cycle. What made the decision was the first, there were quite many trucks running from and to Zambia on the road. The second was the big cats normally stay in shade during hot day time, I hope. To be hornets, I was totally nervous.

ここからどうする。ヒッチか自走。自分は自走する。自走できると判断した理由、1.ザンビアからのトラックが案外通る、2.日中の暑い時間帯は猫は日陰でグダグダしている事が多い、はず。それでもビビりまくっていた。

In Zimbabwe side of Zambezi river, there were many elephant shit on the road. The grass on the side of the road was grew enough to cover inside of bush. I couldn't really see what were inside.

やたらとゾウのクソが落ちているし、道路脇の草が生い茂っていて茂みの中が全く見えない。



I had been watching around while cycling, and every time when a bird flew up, I was astonished.
I saw many animals feed on grass, so some animals harmful for those grass eaters such as lions must be somewhere around.
For 40km to the entrance of mana pool N.P. where some ranger stayed and 20km from this point to the main ranger station, I had been very nervous and uncomfortable.

鳥が飛び立つ度にビクッとして自分が自分でおかしかった。でも笑い事では無い。草食動物はちょいちょい見かけるので、ライオンもいる事はいるのだろう。国境からマナプール国立公園の管理ゲートまでの約40km、そこから公園の管理事務所まで20の登り、正直生きた心地がしなかった。



I saw an elephant. The accuracy of my camera was really bad for zooming.

途中でゾウも見かけた。カメラの精度が悪くて何だがわからないけどゾウ。




In the end of the day, I finally arrived to a small village called Makuti. I was really off stress when I saw a person walking.
This village was still in safari area so I asked a police station for camping in their property. I was safely slept inside of fences in this night.

さらに20km走ってたどり着いたMakuti。歩いている人を見てこんなホッとした事は無い。これで何とか山場は越えた感はある。この日はここの警察署でお世話になった。まだサファリエリアは抜けていので動物は周りにいるはず、でもフェンスで囲われていたので安心して眠る事が出来た。動物を見ながら走りたいという願望はあるけれど、やはりライオンは怖いです。