Day 18 of the Old Legs Silverback Tour - From Mbala to Nakonde, both Northern Zambian border towns. 

We have had to detour via Nakonde, because under  Zambia’s stringent COVID control strategies, Mbala border post is closed to vehicles, but open to pedestrians and cyclists looking to exit.  To further confound the coronavirus, the Zambians have decided to leave the border open to vehicles coming the other way from Tanzania. The larger border post Nakonde remains  open to all traffic. Next up, they’re thinking about  making people wear masks, social distance and vaccinate. The coronavirus might be a complex little bugger but the Zambians are all over it.