Op André’s advies zijn we naar het Nederlandse consulaat geweest om ons voor te stellen; the lady who runs it likes to know the Dutchies who stay a bit longer than the usual ‘in and out the Okavango’.
The Dutch consulate is very cozy; a nice, spacious office room in an ordinary house. You just walk in without an appointment, and Mien receives you very warmly, offers you coffee and makes time to chat (heel gezellig). The Dutch community here contains around 150 people, and some partners & kids. For measurements: Botswana itself has approximately the size of France and has around 1.7 million inhabitants, of which about 50 percent is under age.
We’re now put into the consulates computer files, and hard copies of our passports are archived, just in case. It’s a pity we’re not here on Koninginnedag, as we would have certainly attended the party with peri peri haring!
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