Decided on Botswana Instead…

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Hi everybody!

I am now in Maun, Botswana.  It’s a strange city where you’ll find mud huts alongside internet cafes and stray donkeys wandering through town.  I decided to join up with an overland group in Livingstone, Zambia after speaking with a few people.  It sounded like Botswana and Namibia were a little bit more difficult to backpack through, not to mention expensive without a tent. So I changed my route, which was originally going to be to take the bus along the coast of South Africa.  However, after seeing South Africa, I decided that I wanted something a bit more rugged.  So about 12 hours before departure I signed up for the trip and in the morning I was taken across the border into Botswana where I met my group in Kesane. I’ve posted pictures of Zambia and Botswana so you can see what I’ve been up to. (more…)