The journey into South Africa starts shakily; the truck doesn’t have the right permit so we go back and forth between the border and the customs office to pay fines! Gift’s passport has been held so we can’t do a runner. Once in though, the landscape changes again. Very good infrastructure, lots of cultivation, towns very much like the US - low rise, malls and block system, and homes very much like home with cultivated gardens ( most with lovely fruit trees - mangos, papaya, sweet corn, lemons etc). The flatness of Botswana also gives way to lot of ridges and “mountains”. We’re heading for the Blyde (pronounced blidder) River Canyon, and climb through the mountains, along the edge of the Canyon which has 3 rondavels - stunning views. The site itself is a huge commercial
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