Monday 23rd October 2017
Victoria Falls back to Botswana and on to Francistown
Back to Botswana the way we entered at Kazangula. On the 70km stretch to the border we came across two elephants on the side of the road. One got a bit agitated and flapped his ears as there was only an embankment between him and our car. We moved on quickly.
At the Zimbabwe border we had to queue for about 30 minutes and the temperature was getting hotter. Phil filled in time by reading the "Comments Book". Most of the comments were very disparaging about the Zimbabwean police force.
Through to the Botswana side and we were delayed because we had come into Botswana as passengers and now we had the hire car so had to queue to pay the car permit fee of $15.
In Botswana we have become accustomed to getting out of the car and dipping our shoes into a tray of (dirty) disinfectant and then driving the car through a similar trough of muddy disinfectant...for foot and mouth disease.
We took the quite fast tarmac A3 heading for Francistown. Along this stretch there were 3 sections which as well as being a main road were airstrips for emergency plane landings.
About 100kms down the road we stopped for bottled water. A local approached and told me that there were police not far down the road with radar. We told others who were around.
Throughout Botswana there are lay-byes on both sides of the road with large disclaimer signs that tell you there are wild animals about and that you get out of your car at your own risk.
We had lunch at Pelican Lodge and a DJ was playing music...he was from Melbourne.
We discovered here that at least five cars had been pulled over at the last police radar. Each, including Peter & Debbie, were fined 800-900 pula (about $86), a revenue bonanza for the police. The problem was that the town outskirts at 60kph went on for ages and people thought they had reached the 100kph zone.
Leaving the lunch stop, the road had many potholes and cars were weaving in and out.
Lots of cows, goats and donkeys by the sides of the road, a few baobob trees and yet another radar gun.
Near Mathangwane we passed a small cemetery. What was unusual about this one was that the graves had little sunroofs made of shade cloth over them (to keep the souls cool in the afterlife??)
Arriving in Francistown we found that our accommodation was a round hut on stilts, set in green lawns. The hut had a bit of a lean (wouldn't pass our building regulations) but comfortable.
Victoria Falls back to Botswana and on to Francistown
Back to Botswana the way we entered at Kazangula. On the 70km stretch to the border we came across two elephants on the side of the road. One got a bit agitated and flapped his ears as there was only an embankment between him and our car. We moved on quickly.
At the Zimbabwe border we had to queue for about 30 minutes and the temperature was getting hotter. Phil filled in time by reading the "Comments Book". Most of the comments were very disparaging about the Zimbabwean police force.
Through to the Botswana side and we were delayed because we had come into Botswana as passengers and now we had the hire car so had to queue to pay the car permit fee of $15.
In Botswana we have become accustomed to getting out of the car and dipping our shoes into a tray of (dirty) disinfectant and then driving the car through a similar trough of muddy disinfectant...for foot and mouth disease.
We took the quite fast tarmac A3 heading for Francistown. Along this stretch there were 3 sections which as well as being a main road were airstrips for emergency plane landings.
About 100kms down the road we stopped for bottled water. A local approached and told me that there were police not far down the road with radar. We told others who were around.
Throughout Botswana there are lay-byes on both sides of the road with large disclaimer signs that tell you there are wild animals about and that you get out of your car at your own risk.
We had lunch at Pelican Lodge and a DJ was playing music...he was from Melbourne.
We discovered here that at least five cars had been pulled over at the last police radar. Each, including Peter & Debbie, were fined 800-900 pula (about $86), a revenue bonanza for the police. The problem was that the town outskirts at 60kph went on for ages and people thought they had reached the 100kph zone.
Leaving the lunch stop, the road had many potholes and cars were weaving in and out.
Lots of cows, goats and donkeys by the sides of the road, a few baobob trees and yet another radar gun.
Near Mathangwane we passed a small cemetery. What was unusual about this one was that the graves had little sunroofs made of shade cloth over them (to keep the souls cool in the afterlife??)
Arriving in Francistown we found that our accommodation was a round hut on stilts, set in green lawns. The hut had a bit of a lean (wouldn't pass our building regulations) but comfortable.
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