Next Sunday our Danish friends Peter & Annette arrive. Bram and Peter met when they were both working in Serowe. Peter left Botswana 29 years ago and has never been back, so this holiday will be an exiting trip down memory-lane.
We just met another guy who was also teaching in Serowe way back when. It took Gerrit and Bram a while to realize they knew each other. Seeing the old picture Gerrit's Peruvian wife carries around you understand - without the long, wavy locks and impressive beards recognition is very hard... (The hairy guy underneath is Bram). Just like Bram, and many other guys, Gerrit left Botswana, worked elsewhere in the world, and came back.
We'll join P&A on a little tour. First stop: Serowe & Khama Rhino Sanctuary. For us it's partly work, because the rhino's need more pr-materials, and a design for their trade-fair booth in Durban. Second destination: Maun or Kasane, in both cases route & campsites pending on road-conditions.
If we go to Maun, we'll hang out with Piet and Klaas, and have our Africa-car (the old Hilux) serviced, while P&A may fly into the Okavango-delta. After the Hilux is patched up, we can go into Moremi or Chobe, but only if the weather stays nice and dry, because we don't feel like being stuck in sticky mud again.
Right now we're also pitching for some work for a lodge in the Chobe, Vic Falls, Kasane area, but it's too far to combine with the Okavango.
Our route back to Morwa will be determined by the weather again; if it has been raining, we'll visit the beautiful 'deep sand' sites. Drought means the gorgeous muddy places are a good choice.
We'll be surfing the worldwide web again around February 24.
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