The 28 Tonne, 24 Metre, 1000 Litre Truck

Hitch-hiking across Botswana in in a truck heading for the Congo.

July 14th 2011
While the promise of a connecting bus to Kasane kept going through my mind, I sat in the dirt at the side of the road wondering where it all went wrong. Being stranded in a desert town 350Km from the boarder was not how I had planned on spending the day. But neither was rescuing a 600 litre fuel tank while hitchhiking across the Kalahari in a 28 tonne truck bound for the Congo! After getting ... read more

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