Francistown, Botswana Travel Blogs

Botswana
Jun 13, 2006 (37 photos)

... travelling. But one more time it was without counting on the factor luck! 1 hour before getting to my destination a local guy from Francistown sat next to me. We started to talk and he immediately said that I will have trouble to get any place to sleep ...

The adventure begins
May 4, 2005 (5 photos)

... to see. For me the thrill was more to do with what we were actually doing - road tripping around Botswana! Nuts! So we checked in to our place in Francistown and are going to head to one of the big hotels around about for some supper, for the sake of ...

Francistown, Bots
Jun 4, 2007

road trip

Entering Botswana
Aug 15, 2006 (9 photos)

... . I said goodbye to 8 travel mates and welcomed 8 new ones. We crossed the Kazungula ferry into Botswana - uneventful border crossing - and headed to Francistown via Kasane (pronounced Ka-saa-neeee). The roads were amazing to our 1st campsite ... Tar ...

Very Smelly
Sep 21, 2009

... bugger me if there was no one there... I gave him a little bit of curry and jumped in the car and said bugger off. Now safely in Botswana hopefully only one currency will make life a little simpler.. Zim we used Rand and US independantly and all at once.

Oil is as important in saudi arabia as it ...
May 9, 2001 (19 photos)

... disconnected on the same day. So..... mournfully we packed our rucksacks and got a lift with a friendly Kenyan called Andrew to Francistown, 60km away. We found a mechanic and he arranged for a car to tow us into town - an adventure in itself. We ...

Francis Town
Jul 9, 2008

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Day 6 and 7 Botswana adventure
Dec 1, 2006

... the morning, but quite an experience.  Also the power went out, so we were playing pool by lantern-light.  Enjoyed a few Botswana beers (?St Louis). Arrived in Benoni mid-afternoon Sat 2nd Dec and was picked up by Hazel and Roger.  Had a ...

The second largest city in Botswana
Oct 26, 2007

The second largest city in Botswana was large, but only had one "main drag" that did not light up at night.  We camped at a luxury resort and are loving the options that our tent brings us.  Camping was like $20 US vs. $450 US for a cottage.  ...

Otse to Francistown
Dec 1, 1997

... between us. Not bad. We will be very bored of our clothes at the end of the odyssey! Tree growing through rock - near Francistown I saw my first snake last night on my drive. I stepped over a twig, and then realised what it was. I decided saying ...

Francistown
Sep 2, 2008

... in Francistown which was, as always, very pleasant. At the campsite, we met some guys from Bulawayo on a shopping trip to Francistown to buy stock for their shops. After enquiring about the security and fuel situations in Zimbabwe, we decided to alter the ...

SAFARI BOTSWANA
Jul 2, 2009

TBA

Botswana
Jan 24, 1983

cross the boarder from SA to Botswana with no problem. My passport wasn't stamped in South Africa so the first entry for this trip is Botswana. This was to get around the problems with apartite. Botswana is FLAT. Even for a boy from the praries. just not ...

IMAGES: Transport troubles
Aug 9, 2006

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Chez la cousine de Paul
Dec 12, 2008

Week end chez la cousine de Paul avant d'aller au Zim... Week end at Paul's cousin before heading to Zim

Gaborone to Francistown
Apr 21, 2007

... 1/2 hours costing P51 (At the time of writing there are c. P12.5 to the Pound; the US$ is 2 to the Pound) Francistown is a dusty junction town; I found the Metcourt Lodge - classic motel type comfort with TV, a/c and even free wifi internet with access ...

okovanga delta
Nov 23, 2008

... for the visa for su for the mix up,and got the intro to everyone, and started to drive, went straight thru zim, and hit the Botswana border, two of the girls on the truck were still drinking from the night before, which was a good sign for me! We get to ...