Tag Archives: Botswana
Traveling Like a VIP
“Bandar Sri Indah?” We poked our head into the doorway of a midsized bus, careful to avoid inhaling the sooty black emissions drifting toward us from the rear. We’d just flagged the bus… actually, we’d just flagged 5 buses… to ask whether it was going our way. And like the others before him, this driver […]
Video Essay: Our Final (for now) Safari
After 14 months in southern Africa, we took two final short safaris which contrasted nicely: a luxury lodge in the flooding Okavango Delta and a 4×4 camping trip to the arid Central Kalahari Game Reserve, both in Botswana. The video is 12 minutes. If you’re short on time, skip to the last 3 minutes!
Campfire Tour of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
It’s been awhile, I know. Two factors: this post took more than a month to create in our spare time, and internet access is very expensive in South Africa ($14-$19 per Gb) so we’ve been limiting ourselves to using the internet for work as much as possible. Without further delay, here’s a twist on our […]
Sounds of This Place: Botswana
This one is short and simple; I hope you enjoy this recording from our time in a peaceful and relaxed country. Click here to listen. [or go to audio https://goal42.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sounds-of-botswana.wav ]
Buying a car in Botswana…clean one owner..it’s a deal..it’s a steal
[2021 update: review the latest process as described in the comments below by Chris. There are a couple of very helpful tips!] Hands clammy; beads of perspiration dampening my shirt; heart randomly jolted by shallow stabs of adrenalin, I sit and wait my turn. My number is called. I step up to the window. It […]
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