Crossing Botswana décembre 10 202010

“Give me your sunglasses”, the young man says to Linda. We just passed the border between Namibia and Botswana. It took more than an hour, because a overlander was just before us and everyone has to be controlled thoroughly. Up to the smallest details of course. That takes time. Lenin said (or was it Stalin): “to trust someone is good, but control is better”. Botswana likes to control. Of course Linda does not give her glasses. We park our car in front of the petrol station, but there is no petrol. There is no one, apart from the young man and a police officer. “Is there an ATM”, we ask. “I am the ATM”, says the young man. The policeman grins. Botswanians are very friendly, we read in the Lonely Planet.

We take the A2 motorway to the east. The road is fine. But occasionally there is a checkpoint, police and veterinary control. We are lucky, you can spend. But we saw a big queue, it left a bus and had to show their food. You can not transport animals or animalproducts to prevent illness from food and mouth. A roadbloque other animals are

themselves, horses, cows, goats, donkeys, sheep. GameDrive It's kind of a speed of about 100 km / h. They can move freely along the road (which is a great danger), meanwhile spreading out the veterinary diseases roadbloques try to avoid. In Ghanzi we find a good accommodation for one night and then the next day, continue to check, control, stop, stop, block-to Maun. It seems that we are in Holland, the green trees along the road, the sky with clouds and a lot of water. For the landscape that do not have to come here. But prices are the highest of all countries in our step. So there must be something. The Okavango Delta, for example,

Maun We put our tent in the Sedia Hotel camping among trees from the river. " There is a fence near the river, probably to avoid the crocodiles and hippos that comes in on the site. In the barbecue he bought in Cape Town Holland prepare your favorite food: brown beans with speck. At night the frogs start their chorus. It starts with one, then stops and when it is completely dark all the frogs sing. I learned about

The Okavango Delta, not far from Maun. A Poler Mogoro moves us in, as they do in Venice. "The Mogoro is made from a sausage tree," says our Poler. We drift among the water lilies and grass species (Carex). Is swept from head to pass. Most people who know the boat with bleach in the eyes

closed. We sat right and keep your eyes peeled. We Eardrop plant with yellow flowers. "You can squeeze in the eye, when you have eye problems," tells our Poler / guide. We see Black storks, egrets and the Jezuswalkers call. It seems that these birds walking on water, but walking on the leaves of water lilies. There really is not much more to see phone and not talk so much. When we go to the beach of an island that just says something. We really have to push. When he speaks, he asked what time it is. Guide is the worst we have had, while we paid more money for this trip then any other country. Poler perhaps can not help. We are afraid of most of the money goes to the owner of the agency. It would be better than when you invest money in educating Polers, so they know how to lead and have enough knowledge. The next day we leave Maun and moved to watch, pause, control, block, – a Gweta.

We Gweta a hut on the Planet Baobab Lodge.

Serov We put our tent about 3 kilometers into the Khama Rhino Sanctuary Mokongwa Park under a tree. We are completely alone, apart from some birds like the yellow-billed Hornbill, who eats with his large beak of dead butterflies radiator of our car. In the park rhinos and leopards. That's why they are not allowed to walk in the park. We can not drive our own car park. You need a 4WD car here. So we have to have a new guide. Near the pan we see lots of animals: wildebeest, impala, zebra Burchel, Springboks, ostriches and giraffes. But we rhinos. We have not seen before

so far. Due to the poaching of these animals have become rare. Here in the sanctuary are some white rhino and black rhino of a few (which are even more rare). Come from other parts of Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe. We only see the white rhino in the open fields. They are about at a distance of 50 meters. More about you can not come, otherwise they will attack. In the afternoon we make a fire to keep the animals at a distance (if it works). Is the full moon and windstill when we sleep in our little shop. In his tent to be saved. Exactly at midnight, wake up, because there is a strong wind. We left the shop to put water on the fire still brilliant. Not long after listening to the raindrops on our tent. In the distance you hear the thunder. Approaching. An hour later, we are surrounded by continuous lightning and torrential rain falling on our tent. It will last all night. For our safety, we slept in the car.

At 5:30 it stops raining. We dry our belongings, pack them and go. The Sandra has become a river. It is difficult

drive through it with a normal car, but do some speed, mud splashes against the windows and pass us. It is 180 kilometers from the border with South Africa. The road becomes worse. There are bumps, shrubs grow to the shoulders of the road and behind every bush walk from a cow, a donkey or at all. You can drive 120 km here. The closer we come to the border checkpoints than we are. Check, stop, stop, block, control, but in the end we passed the border without problems. We are happy you are back in South Africa.

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