I haven’t posted anything since our first trip to southern Africa
over 2 years ago. I was avoiding technology last year, but I think the time has
come to tell some more travel stories.
We planned to spend our full 4 weeks in Botswana visiting game
reserves and national parks, sidestepping lions and hoping baboons don’t steal
the coffee. (The latter almost happened once – I don’t think I’ve ever moved so
fast in my life!) Here goes the start of our saga.
First stop, Dubai airport. Odd place. We were expecting luxury and
fancy restaurants and fancy everything. There were a lot of shops – mostly to
buy watches and jewelry and some high-end clothing brands – but I didn’t see
much I couldn’t get at Oakridge Mall. The airport itself seemed to be covered
in a slightly grimy film, and there were no nice places to sit or eat.
We happily arrived in Maun, Botswana to our rented safari tent
just outside town at a backpackers place. We knew this place tended to attract a
few drunks, but it seemed to be more so this time. And it rained torrential
downpours, during which the power went out, and they seemed to have almost no
food. (We knew the food was bad at this place, but normally they have some!)
We met Dickson from Bushlore in the morning to hand over our
amazing bush camping rig. It’s way more organized and easy to access things,
and super quick to pop up the roof tent for sleeping.
Finally, the next morning, we settled in for an amazing brunch of
homemade bread and vegetable quiche at Hilary’s Café. Bought supplies, went
back to Hilary’s for breakfast and a takeout lunch the next day, and were off
to the Kalahari.
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