Serowe

After two days of sightseeing in & around Morwa, we leave for the real trip down memory lane: Serowe. First stop: the red rocks, just before the village, where Peter and Bram spend many wild hours. Whatever Annette and Maud try, details are not unveiled...


In Serowe we find Peter’s house, Bram’s house, the brigade-buildings where Peter worked, the bottle-store, and more. We visit Patrick’s son Motushi who lives in Patrick’s old house, where Peter used to visit. We meet Zaba Watson, who helped Peter’s printers brigade sell cattle to get cash for equipment. We have a nice morning with the Serowe Printers Coop, where two of Peter’s trainees still work. Thanks to the strong euro, Peter can invite the whole coop for lunch in Tswaragano Cooperative Hotel – another old van Rensburg project, now managed by the Watson’s.


Peter brought a lot of old pictures for the ‘history of Serowe’ exhibition in the Khama Memorial Museum, run by Maud’s vegetarian brother Skobi (we’re probably the only two veggies in Botswana). Looking at the pictures brings up so many stories from Skobi, and some from Peter and Bram, that we get ideas for books. The hunt for sponsors is opened!


After each eventful Serowe-day we return to our beloved Rhino Sanctuary, where we camp. The game-drives are even more amazing than usual. Next to rhino, impala, kudu, wildebeest, gemsbok, zebra, giraffe, ostrich, and etcetera, we see two herds of eland. This biggest African antelope is extremely shy and very hard to spot, so this is really a miracle.
In the evening we loiter around the campfire and look at the stars. This being our home in Serowe we also have visitors: Motushi and family hop over for an afternoon game-drive and loitering at the campsite.


The Sanctuary is not only home, but also our office. During our morning meeting with the Chief Game Warden at our campsite we realize once again how incredible lucky we are. Compare this environment with an office in Haarlem Schalkwijk or Amsterdam Oost... The rhino’s want us to make this, and that, and more, so we’ll just have to come back in March to finalize designs.