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Into Africa
Feb 5, 2008
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"It's been a long time since we last had any contact with the outside world, except for watching England lose the rugby to Wales on a TV in the middle of Botswana. However, the last ..."
A travel blog entry from Rundu by
samkirsop
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Tiger moths and staring the overland tour
Apr 21, 2006
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"Said goodbye to Steve and Nadja, who were leaving the truck in Vic Falls. They were lining up a year and a half on the road and after a few months in Africa their next destination ..."
A travel blog entry from Kasane by
jonclark2000
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We eat worms !
Jan 15, 2008
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"Today, we sleep in. Lazy breakkie at 10. We drive to town: do our laundry and go to the internet cafe. The connection are very slow. Cannot send you my movies! Then: a bad thunders ..."
A travel blog entry from Kasane by
tonyandmarina
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Arrived
Oct 26, 2005
"Dumelang Hello to all in Setswana - well I have arrived in a hot and dusty Gaborone (Gabs)...Got here last Thursday and after several hours of traveling checked into an apartment a ..."
A travel blog entry from Gaborone by
hess
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Ode to a Crappy Canadian TV Show
Aug 26, 2007
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"This is in appreciation of a crappy Canadian television show that was made in the 70's and early 80's. I never realized how much impact it had on me. It was called "The Littlest Ho ..."
A travel blog entry from Kasane by
djchurch
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Camping through Botswana
Nov 7, 2006
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"He Said: Our overland group departed Zimbabwe on Tuesday heading west into Botswana. Botswana is a relatively wealthy nation. Large diamond mines, exports of beef and a booming tou ..."
A travel blog entry from Chobe by
globedecker
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Okavango Delta
Nov 19, 2005
(4 photos)
"Botswana was fantastic. There isnt a huge amount to see in this beautiful country, hence the reason why we diddnt spend long there, but what we did see were the 2 main sites and th ..."
A travel blog entry from Okavango Delta by
alinmattrtw2005
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Botswana - Bushmen and Mokoro trip
Mar 27, 2006
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"After the game viewing in Etosha National Park, we spent the night just outside Namibia's capital city, Windhoek, before heading into Botswana. We started our Botswana experience ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
edamame
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Back to Botswana
Jan 25, 2006
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"On the 24th I slept in while the others did a plant walk on the island. When i finally got up and went to find them, I scared a giant monitor lizard off the trail. It zoomed off in ..."
A travel blog entry from Gaberone by
cpricci
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Botswana Bus
Sep 5, 2005
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"Lusaka Bus Terminal is a dodgy place at the best of times but at night most of the creeps and hawkers disappear, leaving the rambling terminal and far-flung platforms to the long, ..."
A travel blog entry from Gaborone by
darkstar
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"Choc-a-bloc Chobe" Game Park, Botswana
Nov 20, 2007
(20 photos)
"Cruising down the Chobe River in Botswana, in a relatively small tinny, the sun shining, birds singing, hippos snorting and elephants cavorting.......what bliss. Ah but to get ..."
A travel blog entry from Kasane by
heatheravan
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Lodge Life
Oct 30, 2004
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"The Kang Ultra Stop is located along the Trans-Kalahari Highway and is just south of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Most people that stay in Kang are just passing through (not ..."
A travel blog entry from Kang by
myjob
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tongue meat and AIDS posters
Feb 4, 2005
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"It was near 1130 that we crossed the border into Botswana. After an uneventful stamping of passports (yes, I am still hoping for a border crossing episode to add to the list of mis ..."
A travel blog entry from Nata by
cdrewitz
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Okavango Delta
May 2, 2005
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"We had a 3 day bush camp into the south eastern part of the delta which was amazing... Highlight being walking with a guide (but with no guns) up to a watering hole with about 25 h ..."
A travel blog entry from Okavango Delta by
minijumboontour
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Down in the Delta Blues
Oct 20, 2006
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"After farewells to 5 peeps from Trip One it was hello to 11 new ones for Trip Two down to Cape Town. The good news is that there were more younger people, and the bad that there we ..."
A travel blog entry from Okavango Delta by
dazzla
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Chilling in the Delta
Sep 17, 2003
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"Into Botswana, for a complete change of scenery... After weeks of nothing but sand and very parched landscapes, the Okavango Delta is quite a shock to the system - suddenly the lan ..."
A travel blog entry from Okavango Delta by
vicki
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Botswana
Aug 3, 2003
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"Hi Guys, You can read our update from Botswana in our entry from Cape Town, South Africa entitled 'Cape Town at Last!!!'. Cheers, K & S ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
kevandsian
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"there is a lake about 100 metre's away do ...
Jul 19, 2002
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""There is a lake about 100 metre's away, do not go to the water for any reason you will be attacked by a crocodile no doubt - you have been warned" - said our guide! Good Morning A ..."
A travel blog entry from Mauna by
jrcormack
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Okavango Delta, Botswana
Mar 17, 2007
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"So, for the last 3 days we have been properly bush camping in the middle of nowhere, in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. I was particularly excited about this as I beleiev i h ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
rachellocke
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Promenade en pirogue
Oct 20, 2004
(5 photos)
"Après une journée passée à ne rien faire sinon relaxer complètement (ça fatigue de rouler comme ça). Je m'embraque pour un voyage de deux jours hors du temps. La pirogue, ou Mokoro ..."
A travel blog entry from Seronga by
hypsi
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Joining the GAP tour
Jan 13, 2008
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"A big part of my African Adventure is doing a 10 day overland tour with Gap Adventures, a Toronto based company. These type of tours are very useful when you are travel ..."
A travel blog entry from Ghanzi by
robthebruce
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New Years Melan(al)c(o)holic
Dec 31, 2007
(10 photos)
"29th Dec Guma Lagoon, Okovango Delta, Botswana, 18.9626S 22.374E, Alt 981M Chocks Away ... Tally Ho Biggles!!! Keywords - Delta flight, Christina's big needle, Sick puppies - James ..."
A travel blog entry from Okovango Delta by
leinsterman
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Botswana
Dec 7, 2004
(22 photos)
"Since Swakopmund, we've left the desert and been through Etosha National Park on safari and have recently entered Botswana. The weather here is very wet and humid as it's the middl ..."
A travel blog entry from Chobe Park by
rtwexplorer
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Camping under the stars - all 5 of them
Feb 13, 2007
(28 photos)
"Our safari was always going to be one of the highlights of our trip and it certainly did not disappoint. It was a great experience to take a step away from modern conven ..."
A travel blog entry from Okavango Delta by
kbsp
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Chobe
Nov 19, 2005
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A travel blog entry from Chobe by
kaila
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Chobe National Parc
Jun 10, 2005
(42 photos)
"How is it guys ? I would like to apologise to you for the poor state of my blog. I only opened it about 4 months ago, when I was in Costa Rica. It is the first time I spend so much ..."
A travel blog entry from Chobe by
nomadslife
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Victoria Falls and Chobe
Dec 27, 2007
(31 photos)
"It's been a while since I wrote a blog because I've been on holiday traveling, and I was really looking forward to posting my dozens of photos from Zambia, Botswana and Namibia and ..."
A travel blog entry from Kasane by
beccasmith
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River cruising Botswana
Jul 23, 2007
(8 photos)
"Crossing into Botswana, Africa's biggest success story, our first stop would be Chobe. Our purpose in Chobe was to do a different type of game drive, a river cruise. On ..."
A travel blog entry from Chobe by
itsgotime
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Deep in the Okavango Delta
Sep 18, 2006
(12 photos)
"A short busride from Kasane and we landed in Maun. We had heard lots about Maun from Chrissy and Josh, who couldn't stop raving about the place. We used it as our put in point for ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
tychii
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diamonds and cattle
Nov 21, 2006
"Last week I managed to get all the way from Bulawayo to Mochudi (30 km from Gaborone) in a single day, via a slow train and a fast bus. It took about four hours to travel the ..."
A travel blog entry from Mochudi by
thesunroseclear
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Let the Safari Begin!
Jul 8, 2006
"Hello Everyone! We have made it to Botswana!!! It was about a 10 hour flight to get to Johannesburg and we quickly stayed the night there and arrived in Botswana today. We met up w ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
swindfeldt
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Linyanti Reserve
Sep 22, 2006
(20 photos)
"We stayed in a small tented camp in the Linyanti Reserve. Like all the camps we got in a night drive the first day, two drives the second day, and than one drive the last morning b ..."
A travel blog entry from Zibalianja Camp by
scott_and_amy
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Chobe National Park
Aug 26, 2006
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"We camped along the banks of the Chobe River. After arriving shortly after 11, from Namibia into Botswana, lunch was prepared and we were all ready to go on a game drive at Chobe N ..."
A travel blog entry from Katima Mulilo by
mxcna78
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Finally arrive in Botswana
Apr 29, 2004
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"Chobe Safari Lodge Our room is surprisingly large with sliding doors looking out to the Zambezi River. The brush by the river is thick enough to almost completey obscure the water ..."
A travel blog entry from Kasane by
homhead
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New Year in the Okavango Delta
Jan 2, 2008
(11 photos)
"Our next country after Zimbabwe was Botswana & the main highlight being the Okavango Delta, which is the biggest delta in the world. It's basically a huge kind of marsh l ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
nickyloo
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Encounter Africa
Mar 25, 2008
(10 photos)
"Some borders are not so arbitrary. After crossing through the border from Zimbabwe to Botswana it was as if we entered a new world. It amazed us that less than 30 miles east things ..."
A travel blog entry from Chobe National Park by
boatubia
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Botswana
Apr 4, 2005
"Well I am very behind in my updates - about 2 weeks I think. It's been hard trying to find a good internet connection and the time to write it all down. So busy! We arrived in Bots ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
claireoff2005
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Warthogs, Hippos, and Baboons.. Oh My!
Jul 12, 2006
"It was time for yet another border crossing into Botswana. Crossing borders is always a little stressful, but Botswana really has it's act together. After getting stamped and payin ..."
A travel blog entry from Kasane by
natecropp
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Music and Drama in the Delta
May 25, 2005
(40 photos)
"Our third week on tour started off with a bang when we took a sunset cruise into Angola. Or, at least, we thought it would start off with a bang. It's funny that as you approach a ..."
A travel blog entry from Okavango Delta by
jesshiggins
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WE GO!!!!
Feb 24, 2008
(29 photos)
"Well, i enjoyed a week off in Pretoria. Didn't realized that i was still tired from my other trips but the time was nice. I didn't need the whole week off but it was go ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
exploring
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'Delta Rain!'
Dec 6, 2005
(38 photos)
"On day 14 of the trip we crossed the Namibian border into Botswana. The long drive to Maun allowed for plenty of reading and journal updates. Stayed at the Swatatunga campsite whic ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
liammichelle
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Just an introduction
Jun 12, 2006
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"ENGLISH VERSION Yes, I'm back in Africa. I love this continent! It is by far my favourite place. During my travelling I have met so many people, but to be totally honest, I don't t ..."
A travel blog entry from Gaborone by
nomadslife
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Botswana Safari
May 14, 2007
(20 photos)
"The next day we headed out on a Safari in Chobe National Park, Botswana. The boarder between Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe is a river crossing. A huge line of hauling truc ..."
A travel blog entry from Chobe National Park by
seandrade
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Botswana
Apr 13, 2006
(5 photos)
"Once we arrived at the campsite in Botswana we stocked up with beers and went on a sunset cruise in Chobe National Park. It was brilliant. We saw crocodiles, loads of hippos & elep ..."
A travel blog entry from Botswana by
keirle7
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Truck life
Jul 30, 2006
"Spent 2 days back to back on the truck travelling across S.Africa to the north of Botswana....heres a day in the life!! Get up about 6am, possibly am freezing although the weather ..."
A travel blog entry from Kasane by
bexstable
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Maun - the arrival
Jul 18, 2004
"We now sit in our little hotel room in Maun, Botswana. A little dazed and confused, but we have arrived at last! Don't let anyone tell you that international air travel isn't hard ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
the_traveler
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Day 14 - Leaving Namibia
Aug 27, 2005
"It was the fourteenth day of the tour and I was really starting to enjoy Africa. The unique environment, wildlife and culture were already adding up to a very memorable experience. ..."
A travel blog entry from Delta Base Camp by
aporter
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Arrivée au Botswana
Aug 13, 2006
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"Nous allons avec Ralph et Tas jusqu'à Maun, ville du Botswana où nous attend Richard (prononcez à l'anglaise, svp), notre nouveau guide. L'après midi libre a été finalement très co ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
isaetjef
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Stone Age Live (@Kalahari)
Oct 5, 2006
(7 photos)
"Yesterday we not only crossed the border to Botswana (free male condoms @ Namibian side, free female condoms @ Botswana side) but we also saw a glimpse one of the very most endange ..."
A travel blog entry from Ghanzi / Gantsi by
pfaelzerbub
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Ghanzi
Apr 16, 2008
(4 photos)
"Packing up today felt great, we were on the move again! First stop was an electric workshop where we were hoping to get our fuel pump working again. This would eliminate any messy ..."
A travel blog entry from Ghanzi by
bonthorn
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Botswana-Chobe National Park
Oct 3, 2006
(48 photos)
"Off on Safari. We stayed at an awesome Safari Lodge called Muchenje. It is the only lodge actually located in the heart of Chobe National Park,which is one of the most abundant wil ..."
A travel blog entry from Chobe by
kblewitt
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Chobe National Park
Mar 14, 2007
(13 photos)
"Sadly we had to leave Zimbabwe and we crossed the border into the slightly more civilised Botswana. There we stopped in Kasane where Rachel and I went looking for some drops for he ..."
A travel blog entry from Kasane by
angela_louise
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Zim - Zam
Aug 27, 2004
(3 photos)
"My last two days at Victoria Falls were fun. Five of us visited the Croc Ranch. Here we got to see the crocs & lions be fed, as well as a leopard, cape vulture, and ostriches. We g ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
marqual
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Chobe national park
Sep 25, 2005
"Hello from Livingstone (very hot here) We arrived in in the luxury of an air conditioned bus - only one passenger per seat and no livestock. Well worth the extra cost. We are stayi ..."
A travel blog entry from Chobe, Botswana by
ruth_and_matt
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Gotta tell ya about this....
Aug 22, 2005
"Hi Everyone Well we crossed into Botswana about an hour ago and stopped in this town called Kasane to do some shopping, change money, etc and I thought I would take the opportunity ..."
A travel blog entry from Kasane by
colin
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Into Botswana
Oct 20, 2006
"Right where was I? Before I forget - I cannot use my mobile here for some reason so if you have tried to ring or text or anything and I havnt replied its not just me being a rude s ..."
A travel blog entry from Chobe and Kasane by
nhoad83
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First Few Days
Mar 3, 2005
"Wow, first couple of days. Getting of the plane at Gabarone airport was quite something - it is completely open with a tiny building for arrivals and departures. We came from Jo'bu ..."
A travel blog entry from Gaborone by
annamac
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Bushtucker Trials
Jan 28, 2008
(5 photos)
"We've just spent 10 days on safari in Botswana camping out in the bush (with nothing but our tents between us and the lions). We started out in Maun in a comfortable hotel in Maun ..."
A travel blog entry from Okavango by
david.trenoweth
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The long, long road to Livingstone
Jun 4, 2007
(13 photos)
"This post will detail John's and my four day journey from Cape Town, South Africa to Livingstone, Zambia, approximately 2500km of driving in 3 driving days and 4 total days. We set ..."
A travel blog entry from Kazungula by
eadamson
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Maun
May 13, 2007
"May 13th: This morning unfortunately started with huge hangovers for a number of people on the truck. we painfully drove for eight hours and crossed the border into Botswana. ..."
A travel blog entry from Maun by
pugsly2002
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The stunning Okovango Delta
Aug 7, 2006
(11 photos)
"In a nutshell: We were taken from Maun to spend 3 days, 2 nights, in the Okavango Delta before returning to our truck in Maun. It was absolutely beautiful, and the most relaxed we ..."
A travel blog entry from Okavango Delta by
anneowens
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Elephant safari
Dec 7, 2007
"We booked a safari in Botswana via our hosts in Livingstone - Jolly Boys Backpackers and opted for a 2 day and one night safari for $280 each, this included 2 river safar ..."
A travel blog entry from Kasane by
domjonna
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BOTSWANA ADVENTURE
Mar 8, 2007
"After 1 day delay in Madagascar, get flight to Johannesburg, next morning fly to Gaborone by 9 AM,. Take flight to Maun 2 hours later. In Maun, find it's ..."
A travel blog entry from MAUN by
sgaudun
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WORDS AND IMAGES: Lost and Found
Sep 20, 2005
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"On this particular Tuesday morning, traffic stands strangely still. Against the glare of the sun, I squint to see if I can spot the source of the commotion along the road on which ..."
A travel blog entry from Gaborone by
vivirconvalor
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