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  AFRICAN ENCOUNTER Overland Safari Blog January – May 1973 Part Two – Lusaka (Zambia) to Near the Tanga Turnoff (Tanzania) Acknowledgements  I am afraid that I neglected to give my thanks in Part One for the invaluable advice I have received in helping to write this Blog:  Firstly to Alex Gee for identifying a simple means of Blogging which perfectly matches my Computer skills.   To my Daughter, Helena, for her thoughts about the size of the original Blog, (which as a whole was massive) and from which emerged the idea of posting the Blog in instalments which would, roughly, match the dates from 50 years ago, and  To those members of the Encounter Overland Facebook group and others who have posted such positive comments on Part One, and of course to .  To creators and operators of Encounter Overland without whom, none of the events described in this Blog, would ever have happened.  Thanks to you all for reading thus far !   P...

  AFRICAN ENCOUNTER Overland Safari Blog January – May 1973 Part One – Johannesburg (South Africa) to Lusaka (Zambia) At the Equator in Zaire – a full cast of characters (minus the Leader, who took the photo ) – 24 March 1973     Preface This Blog is written exactly 50 years after the events which are recorded. It comprises Memories – amazing what is remembered, help from my little Dagboeki and Photographs (which were OK in 1973, but may be, like the writer, a bit faded now!). I will be “publishing” it in parts which will approximately align with the dates 50 years ago, but slightly in arrears. Each section will contain some photos, some memories and some thoughts on the events, as well as some typos and some other issues that show my inability to master the technical aspects of Blogging (tears out hair – what hair you ask?). One of the joys of publishing these reminiscences is that I have heard from others who made similar overland trips, and al...