Gaborone Mall

March 16th 2008
Gaborone is an odd city. It was built from scratch as a capital, but despite it’s modern origins, it seems to have sprung up with little forethought or planning. The land area that it covers is vast, and long taxi or combi rides are needed to get anywhere. Much of the population live in the widely dispersed suburbs, now organised into numbered ‘blocks’ some of which are themselves as larg ... read more

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20th July 2010

abel vasquez
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nostalgia:
remembring gaborone mall when i was there wayback 1991,my favorite place during breaktime...

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