MAKGADIKGADI SALT PAN

If you look closely there is a mini dust storm forming in the back.

BOTETI RIVER

We made a stop over by the Boteti River where we found horses having a drink. Unfortunately we couldn't take a picture with the horses as they ran off, so we just took pictures by the river.


The Boteti flows out of the Thamalakane River swamp at Toteng, then flows northestward past Tlkaseoulo, over Ghautsa Falls, and then flows east past the villages of Makalamabed,^[6] Muekekle and Matima, and then at Kwaraga it turns south past the villages of Phukumakaku,Khumaga (Lekono) Sukwane, Rakops (Jakops), and Xhuma (Khomo).^[2] It then flows past Lake Xau (or in a very wet year into and out of Lake Xau) and then heads east past the village of Mopipi (Madista) and into the Ntwetwe Pan.
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Famous for its ruins in the North East, Domboshaba is great tourist attraction that pulls in numbers of people for their festivals. We thought why not go there and see what people are experiencing. Though our journey started in Gaborone our trip to Domboshaba started in Moroka, this is a total distance of about 500kms.



So off we went, only to find that the National Monument was closed.We had to make do with what we had so wherever we found something interesting we would make a stopover to immortalize it by picture.

 

DOMBOSHABA LODGE

Not only was that the only bummer, we went to Domboshaba Lodge to go view and hear out the prices. Unfortunately we experienced service that was not up to par. We got in and looked for the staff for good 10minutes with no one on site. After we raided the lodge by ourselves one of the staff members came to us and told us of the restrictions of taking pictures at the lodge. WOW! The lodge looked good nonetheless.






As stated, we made a random turn after leaving the Lodge, EUREKA! We found gold!
We got to a well where livestock was grazing and enjoying a drink in the North East heat.
The reflection of the tree was so beautiful on the well. Being the adventure freaks, Betty and I went up the tree.








So there is a Setswana expression
"Tshwene e bone mapalamo mafologo ga e a bona"
Which basically means we managed to find our way up but coming down was a mission.
We were literally grabbing at every root that appeared below the tree, its a funny memory just remembering it. It was fun though.

Please note that there is no designated staff to clean up the area, so for our own selves and others, it would be best to keep the area as clean as possible.

Ahh yes.
In the philosophical lyrics of Mgarimbe the theme song was Sis Bertina "siyeeeee debeeeeen" hahahaha which translated means  "We are going to Durban".
So went to Durban last weekend for a breather. Below are the pics!

My 26th year on this here earth has to be one of my best years. So I decided to usher in my 27th one with not so much of a bang because I could not have anyway to surpass my previous. The first plan I made was to go to Goo Moremi gorge but it was fully booked. So I stuck to the simplest way of celebrating my birthday, booked myself a spa date and spent the day with the girls.