Livingstone is one of those places on our beautiful continent that offers so much to each and every visitor. A place to have a quiet beer on the Zambezi River, stroll along the amazing sites of Victoria Falls, brave the wicked waters on a white water rafting trip, walk alongside elephants and lions, or check out the wetlands in a micro-light!
For the three buggers, it was zero sleep and full-tilt chaos!
Our late arrival into the town at 08:00 am meant we only had the day to attend to our wounded machines before having to leave the next morning to board the Kariba Dam ferry (AKA Sea Lion). Such is the nature of the Put Foot Rally, there’s no time to be left stranded. So James and Jared quickly located a bush mechanic named Luca (a rusta free-spirited chap) who we should have guessed abides by African time. Nonetheless he assured us he could get new parts for Molly, strip the engine, and have her ready by the morning.
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| (Picture By Tyson Jopson) |
That afternoon the entire Put Foot Rally family witnessed and was apart of something very special. A 1km convoy lead all Put Footers to a nearby school where we all were fortunate enough to give children brand new school shoes, and paint and repair classrooms. Words really couldn’t explain the emotion experienced. Watch this video and see for yourself what the Put Foot Rally is really about.
That night the Livingstone Waterfront came alive. The theme for the checkpoint party: The Queen’s Jubilee Bash! Jared and James geared up in full Queen’s Guard uniform and we escorted our Queen (Fish) to one helluva party! Drinking Mosi and jamming the night away, even Bob Skinstad, who joined the rally for a couple of days, demonstrated his version of the “worm”!
Our rusta mechanic then stumbled into the arena shortly before midnight and gave us our misfortune. Molly required at least another couple of days of repair to get her back on the road. A tough decision, but the right one, we decided we would continue with the rally onwards to Zimbabwe and attempt to catch the ferry for some much needed R & R.
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