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Africa » Botswana » Central » Mahalapye October 27th 2010

Journey to Francistown Another Godfrey’s special “The plan” was that we would all travel to Francistown together in Godfrey’s combi with a trailer at the back with all the kit and luggage BUT! like all best plans and despite Will’s best effort, Godfrey let us down one more time. As a result, Mike R, Veronika and I ended up making the journey in the combi loaded to the brim and the rest of the team in a coach . Godfrey tried to kill us on numerous occasions, we nearly ran out of petrol and yet he still managed to smile and amuse us with his infectious laughter . The 5 ½ hour journey on the coach was not unlike a Wells Fargo stage coach: Indians and many other tribes, attacking bus at each stop with water, ... read more
Writing the blog in the luggage combi

Africa » Botswana » Central » Mahalapye August 9th 2010

“The journey not the arrival matters”.T.S.Eliot…..had to use this quotation again but it is indeed fitting…what a journey it has been.Arriving on 4th August at the Matswere Gate meant that we were on the last leg of this wonderful wild life experience as this is the northern entrance to the Central Kalahari Game Resereve(CKGR).Effectively our last stop.Now this is no run of the mill game reserve.Ponder on this!It covers an area of 52800 square km’s which puts it in the big league of game reserves.In fact,it is the second largest truly wild game reserve in the World with the largest being in Tanzania.To put it’s size in perspective…it is larger than Denmark.Traversing it’s vast plains are huge numbers of animals,some of which we hadn’t seen yet on this trip.The one absentee is the elephant due to ... read more
One of our camp site guests on the pan the morning after
Guess who blinks first..lion will not be out stared!
A crimson breasted shrike..striking red




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