En Route To Botswana

From the Forever Resort we drove on through Messina and then on a final, horrible 100k stretch of potholes and wash-outs, arriving at the frontier in the late afternoon. Leaving South Africa, a border guard offered us a "special deal" on Botswanan currency. We demurred. Botswana immigration and customs and fees were laborious if trouble free. We pulled into the Martin's Drift campground before dark and enjoyed a meal with the group at the restaurant there.

Except for the mountains, the terrain varied little

More outcrops too

Big-time agriculture here and there

Orange grove--fence to protect workers from predators

Fenced-in bananas

Crossing the mountains again

Finally, some Baobob trees, which I'd been looking forward to

In the beautiful Forever Resort

Ostriches on a reserve

Driving through Messina

The enormous Ventana gold mining complex

One of several mountains of tailings

Two hours to do 43k of this!

A German rig at Martin's Drift, Botswana

Circling the wagons...

Dinner at Martin's Drift