3 days of buses

Well, we've come a long way in four days, from one side of Zambia to the other. On the 4th May we did the 8 hour bus journey to Lusaka. After spending a day looking around and buying a mobile phone (we were assured by other travellers it was a good idea... and it has since proved useful) we were on another bus (this time for 9 hours) to Chipata. We spent a night in a very dodgy hotel with no water (we hadn't realised this when we agreed on the room)... a drop toilet I can handle, a normal flushing toilet which isn't flushing due to the aforementioned no water issue is absolutely repulsive and disgusting. Luckily there were public toilets across the road so we paid to use those instead. On the plus side it was the cheapest night so far, being cheaper than any of the campsites we've used. The next day we were on the minibus bright and early (7am) but didn't leave until 11am, making it to Flatdogs camp at 3:30pm. There was seating for about 15 people on the minibus, but 30 people plus accompanying luggage (50kg bags of meal, clothes etc) all crammed together. The lady I was squished against spent the entire trip eating, although she did share some of the fruit with me (I'm not sure what it was, but it was very nice).