Our arrival at the Tsabong Camel Park took us to a tent site! This must be what is called glamping. After we settled in we went for a sunset walk among the camels and saw meerkats scampering around. Then we came across 2 staff members gathering wild cucumbers and tried some. They are a favourite…
Driving in Botswana. .They drive on the left and speed limits in the countryside range from 60kph through villages with 80kph on the shoulders each side and 120kph on the open road. I generally didn’t exceed 110 for reasons which will become clear. Speed signs are sometimes missing or so faded as to be unreadable…
Well there’s an unexpected contrast; this morning we left a cute little thatched limewashed one bedroom clay cottage this evening a 5 star hotel room in Jwaneng 130km of good wide roads with even wider berms (grazed by cattle ,goats, donkeys which roam out onto the road ) speed limit 120km so a keen eye…
Finally, some time to update you with a burp! It has been full on for almost a week now and this is the first time I have been able to sit down at my keyboard and let you know what has been happening. Just a general comment first – it has been cold! Frost this…
The poster in Ranfurly which started it all! (Compete with my reflection in the glass)
We are now vaccinated against all the diseases that we could be exposed to – including rabies (which is quite a process and expensive but cheaper than catching this horrible disease, but I hope the chances of being bitten are low. Monkeys are the most likely offenders, but anything bigger might result in other problems!!…
After coming across a faded random A4 sized poster outside a cafe in Ranfurly, Joy and James signed up with Self drive tours Botswana for a 35 day Grand Circuit of a country they have always wanted to visit together. Now we are retired (almost) we are looking to see the world. Joy had been…
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