Botswana: Big Sky Country...

We left Boksburg on the 17th of December quite refreshed and ready for our journey. We had an estimated 707kms to get to our destination - Francistown, Botswana. The road from Potgietersrus was very busy with trucks.

We easily crossed the border via Martins Drift. At Kwa Nokeng where we were to change money, we met a fellow South African. He gave us a few tips and also showed us a route that shortened our trip by about 50kms. What a blessing! He warned us about the road between Nata and Kasane - potholes and elephants. The weather started getting hot here. Rain threatened, but never came.

The one impressive thing of Botswana is the "Big Sky". The roads are flat and the skies never end, filled with blankets of clouds.

We arrived in Francistown in the late afternoon. We had our overnight at Tati River Lodge. By the way the lodge did not have a river.

On the 18th we left Tati River Lodge at around 8:30am, making our way to Nata and finally Kasane. We saw alot of wild life - elephants, baboons and giraffe. The potholes were awesome. Little did we know that in Zambia we would find potholes to top all potholes.

Rain threatened so we put the rain gear on. This gear was uncomfortably hot and eventually we stopped to take it off - and of course as we took our last pieces off the skies opened - and we were well soaked. That's Murphy's Law isn't it?

We finally made it to Toro Safari Lodge in Kasane. Where we were well rested and fed. Tomorrow we would head off to Kazangula ferry and Border crossing.

Petrol, food and accomodation is quite cheap in Bostwana, but beers are R21 bucks each.