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We left Kruger on the 12th and crossed into Botswana at grobblers bridge. What a palaver
Blasted up to Francistown and stayed 3 nights. It's a real rough frontier town. Visited a rhino park and got a personalised 2 hour drive to see the rhinos for about 30 quid. Unbelievable value for money. The rhino were fantastic.
Left for maun across the desert and the salt pans and stopped in the okavanger delta. For a couple of nights.
Zoomed south through the kalahari desert today , 1000 km and now we are in Gaborone, on the Botswana sa border.
Botswana.
Cheap, friendly, clean (cf Australia), mud huts, donkey carts and having to stop every ten minutes for cattle, goats and donkeys crossing the M1 equiv.
Hordes of hitch hikers at every junction, colourful clothes, proud people.
Sweet toothed folk. My ham bitty was made with yellow bread that had raisins and stuff in it.
Strong beer. Cracked pavements.
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Back in south africa now, in a private game reserve w. of jo burg called Bakubung.
it's totally exclusive, posh nobs only, and horrendously expensive. about 110 quid a night.
the missus was laughing at me. In Liverpool I was an iguana, in africa, with a few tips i became a bwana. in this place i am a double bwana
we saw some lions today.
Africa is ok. we had a trip planned for next year around the east of oz. The missus is having second thoughts now.
with only ten days to go, we still have a couple of grand in the pot, and the contingency looks like it wont be needed(first time ever)
that means in the last week i will be so rich i may may attain triple bwana status.
sent from a bongo drum, using bwana media
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Africa doesn't really do political correctness. Refreshingly free of 'elf and safety too. They also don't throw much away; they use stuff.
Glad you seem to be enjoying it.
Okavanga!
We blasted south from n of praetorian to Aberdeen, couldn't get anywhere to stay because there is a Harley Davidson convention inn the area, we had to crack on in the dark, 180k.
That was a tough day. 1200 k
Prices have rocketed due to the holidays. A decent loom has gone up from 18 quid a night to 54.
Listening to the locals speak Africans is interesting, a hoy polio of different languages. I can mostly follow what they are saying, more than German or french
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