{"id":2768,"date":"2022-07-29T12:01:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T11:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:19:59","slug":"luangwa-national-park-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/luangwa-national-park-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Luangwa National Park : part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This National park is split into north and south, the north is less busy and the animals are still afraid of cars so you don&#8217;t see much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>we transitted across from west to east as there is no other easy way to get to the east side from Shiwa Ngandu house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This meant a river crossing that was going to be fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t warn Milly about it, she thought there was a bridge, as we emerged from the dense forest her expletives were profuse and frequent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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