My experience with tick bite fever
I had promised to write everyday on my safari but turns out I couldn't do it. I fell ill. I was bit so much by ticks that my body went through horrible experiences. I had nasty headaches, chills, loss of appetite, fever, swollen lymph nodes, amongst other little uncomforts. This ordeal went on for something close to a week. I firstly (still do) suspected that I had been bit by a tsetse fly. Senior staff who work in this safari dismissed this insinuation, claiming that we do not have tsetse in the area, only horse flies (which bite as well). However, some knowledgeable people on a WhatsApp chat group I asked confirmed records of tsetse in Selous/Chegutu areas. Others confirm to eye seeing them in Chinhoyi! People entertain the idea that in Zimbabwe tsetse have now been restricted to the Zambezi valley area. Since I am no expert, I ain't gonna say I know something on the matter. But I felt the same symptoms as one bit by them. The reason why I now feel less convinced as each day...