Tsodilo Hills, Botswana May 22, 2024 It took some searching and a lot more finagling to find a car and a driver who could take me to the site. The lack of petrol in town added to the wait while we waited for the tanker to deliver. But eventually we were on our way, back … More Art of the San
Shakawe, Botswana May 20, 2024 Tucked in the northwest corner of Botswana are a few rocky outcrops that rise from the otherwise flat plain. These are the Tsodilo Hills, considered a sacred ancestral place for the San and Hambukushu peoples. There are paintings on the rock faces of these hills that intrigued me and I … More On the Road to Shakawe
Okavango Delta, Botswana May 18, 2024 Success! Three days of searching and I have found one solo traveler who is keen to go to the Okavango delta. Jules is from Montreal and has just come in from Namibia. He and I lost no time in setting off. Some 1100 kms away in far-away Angola lies … More In the Okavango Delta
Maun, Botswana May 16, 2024 The flight from Johannesburg to Maun was on a puddle jumper where a glance at the other passengers, gave me an inkling of the kind of travelers heading to Maun. Mostly older, clearly well-heeled from the US or Europe, many of them were simply landing in Maun for a few … More Thou Shalt Not Mingle
New York May 11, 2024 The last time I was in Sub-Saharan Africa was 2016 and had promised myself I’d be back. But other parts of the globe beckoned, and little did I know it would take me this long to return. The plan is to cut a huge semi-circle starting BOTSWANA , on through NAMIBIA, … More Off to Africa
Chobe National Park, Botswana, June 12, 2016 They are in the trees, in the marshes, at the waterfront and in the bush. There are animals and birds and reptiles and predators everywhere it seems. Large and small, winged and four-legged, with tails and without, equipped with horns or not, with or without claws, they are … More These Gentle Giants
Chobe National Park Botswana June 9, 2016 9:30 am Game drives are usually scheduled at godawful hours of five in the morning and then again at a more civilized hour in the evening just before sunset. So there we were huddled into our fleeces in the chilly hours of the morning, driving into the park … More When Predator Turns Prey
Chobe National Park Botswana June 8, 2016 My plans for travel are loose at best but this time around I seem to have surpassed myself. Travels through Zimbabwe had been completely at random, on the advice of locals I met along the way but now, I thought I would make some rudimentary itinerary for the … More Botswana at Random
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