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elephant on the road to Kasane

April 8th 2008
Kasane town 6km from the border crosssing into Zambia. I should be in Livingstone tomorrow. Northern Botswana has been hard work, yet satisfying when I look at the map. It also gave me my first 200km ride between towns: nata to panda and because of the closed in bush, the wind was for a change in my favour, or reduced. It did take 11hours. I've now seen elephants and giraffes in the wild. The ... read more

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Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name upon independence in 1966. Four decades of uninterrupted civilian leadership, progressive social policies, and significant capital investment have created one of the mos... ... read more

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Hello. I'm Chris and over the past 2 years I've been wined and dined by British Antartica Surveyin Antarctica and now, like a chick told to go find its own worms, I'll shortly be cast ashore in Cape Town South Africa, having to do my own shopping. On board the Shackleton I have my bicycle, shipped out in 2005. It has been left outside over 2 winters in temperatures dropping to -40C. Now it is about to roll down the gangplank and roll at least into town. I shall be heading north through Africa, although I don’t know yet the final destination. That will depend on Africa and how hard or e... full info

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