Category: archived
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When flooded turn back please
“When flooded turn back please” should have been the sign to greet us at the border when we crossed into Botswana… more than that, we should have listened. Old signs at the different accommodation stages that stated “Botswana is mostly a dry country going through a drought, please use water carefully” haven’t bothered to update…
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From Nairobi to the Masaai Mara
One of the biggest fights I ever had on a roadtrip was with my brother, potentially due to both of us being hungry; he wouldn’t stop for the elephants. All our lives we had been training for the “roadtrip efficiency marathon” that Maximo would put us throught to get to Los Llanos. The premises were…
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Treinta Cuatros de Marzo
When they say age is just a number, they are right. W;hat we attached to that big number and big milestone is entirely up to us. When I was younger I thought that when I reached this age I would have a settled married life, I would be travelling the world on occasion and probably…
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Tumelo
During our Botswana adventure our first mishappening was having a flat tyre, although not a real issue in itself, it became a source of concern as it didn’t seem that we would be able to have it fixed in the ghost town that Maun becomes after 12pm on a Saturday; we didn’t want to risk…
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An unfortunate Easter
(If you want a happy story, perhaps skip this post) Leopards are territorial animals. Females will cat fight with other females and males will fight with other males. No one wants to share resources, space or even the air they breath, unless there is some sort of blood relation that will somehow force them into…