Cresta President Hotel Gaborone

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I was with a group of Brazilian guys – they were actually a band doing a tour of Africa sponsored by the Brazilian Embassies. They were really nice, one of them was born in London but moved when he was 15 with his parents and another had studied in Paris during the 70s and his French was very good.

The Game drive finished at 12.30 which left me plenty of time to go to Gaborone. Before leaving I quickly went to the hostel to use the internet ...

... wasn’t to sure as to where I was going in Gaborone, I had an address but no one seemed to know exactly where it was and people seemed to think it would be around 150 Pula (£15) by taxi – expensive!! Thandy arranged for one of her friend who is a cab driver to take me there and could do it for 50. We arrived at the station a bit later than expected which was a bit **** as her friend had been waiting for a while, I had to stop for cash and then we were on the road to my ...

... sundown the gods are smiling. The hotel/casino is right THERE, not a five minute walk from where the bus parks, and… they’ve got room, and… they take credit cards, and… there are ATM’s everywhere, and… the room has a coffee-making kit, soooo 90’s, BUT… no wi-fi. They’ve got everything but the wi-fi, even a desk I can work on, since my shorted-out computer refuses to let me curl up with it in bed, the coy ...

Following on from the diesel leak we spent 2 nights in Upington at the Die Eiland camp site on the banks of the Orange River. 21st March we set out for Botswana to cross at Mcarthy's Rest. We stayed over at Van Zylsrus at a cabin at Madella Lodge. They didn't actually do camping but offered us the cabin with a lovely view out over the veld. Jac the owner and Petro his partner were very pleasant & helpful and as Jac had worked in camps & overlanding in ...

... goes shopping. We have lunch. Two more hours for both and then ... we go onto town. I read in my Lonely Planet that there is a big crafts market in the same centre as one of the very fancy hotels. I need to do some tourist shopping. Hey, my girlfriend just had her birthday and my niece has hers soon. We drive to town in the pouring rain and a lot of traffic. Finding the hotel is easy but we do not find any craft market. We ask in the fancy hotel. Ah, yes ...

... on them and recharge every so often. After I charge up my phone, I can FINALLY give my mom a call, to assure her that I'm still alive. Good times! It costs way too much, but at least we get to chat. Following the phones, we go to Wimpy to get some lunch. It's this chain burger joint...kind of akin to McDonalds, except they bring your food to your table. I've been trying to find out if it was ...

... and met the other program participants, who are really nice. We then had a meeting, and went back to our rooms. One word: bugs. This room is INFESTED. I honestly do NOT know how to live with so many bugs! They're not mosquitos, but there are little beetly things on the floor, and little gnatty relatives ALL OVER the ceiling! They won't leave us alone! I have gotten a shower and am going to attempt sleep...ATTEMPT.

... that look more like whips) made out of cow hide I will give a miss though. I am VERY unprepared for the Botswana weather. I understood it was the end of the winter time here but actually it is spring time and because summer is the rainy season it is actually heading into the hottest part of the year- it has been well into the 30's every day I've been here. I have of course only bought a couple of pairs of jeans which I cannot bear to put on, two pairs of shorts and one skirt. The ...

Hello one and all. How goes it? Well I've arrived in sunny Cape Town. Full of hussel and bussel, and some quite trendy folk. Feel like a bit of a tramp in my travelling gear, but who cares?! Botswana was beyond amazing. We started in the okovango delta, when we were on our way to our camp that evening we saw the biggest herd of elephants I've ever seen. So we sat and drank gin and tonics as the sun went down. Unbelievable ...

We had 2 exciting days and 3 game drives in our open-sided Land Rover Defender 4 WD vehicle in Moremi Reserve.We saw lions, hippos, elephants, jackals, servals, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeest, malibu, letchwie, kudu, and a great variety of birds---heron, spoonbill, secretary bird, marabou, giant eagle owl ...