In Gaborone

This year we managed to reach Gabs without a standstill in the dangerous South-African bush. Just paused for St Louis & Savanna Dry in Nietverdiend to celebrate our escape from being hijacked last year.
In Gabs we stayed at Hamish’s place again and immediately started house hunting, which resulted in renting a ‘2’ in Mochudi. A two-room house with electricity, a coldwater tap outside and a latrine in the back of the yard. We fell in love with the beautiful yard with blooming oleanders, canna’s, franchipaner and much more. And the owners, a friendly elderly lady and man – the landlord speaks only Setswana, but the landlady is quite fluent in English – who live in the ‘big’ house in the yard.
Mochudi is a big village 45 km north of Gabs, with a beautiful picknick spot on top of the hill, next to the museum annex mission, overlooking the widely scattered houses, the river and the lands. It doesn’t look like it will be raided by the many Zimbabwean illegal refugees immediately. They are becoming a big problem, even worse than last year.
With a roof over our head we can start planning who to meet, and, most important:-), when to do which bush trip. Definitely a camping trip with Hamish & Mpho to Khutse (south Central Kalahari), and a few days in Serowe and it’s nearby Rhino Sanctuary.