Francistown, Gaborone and back to Jo'berg

Our road trip through Botswana continued from Planet Baobab down to Francistown.  We arrived in the city center and promptly got stuck in a traffic jam!  After a stroll through the local mall, a restock of reading material for me (and no postcards) we spent the afternoon lounging in our tent cabins at the Dumela Lodge (just outside of town, past the prison and down an isolated road).  Scott was the only brave one to jump in the unheated pool, while the rest of soaked in the bathtubs in our rooms and lounged on the lodge deck enjoying an afternoon beverage.

From Francistown we drove to Botswana's capital Gaborone.  After a few wrong turns we had lunch at a beer pub and later continued our quest to find me some postcards (no luck).  We strolled through a local market and braved a packed Spar supermarket before heading out of town.

We spent the night in a cabin in the Mokolodi Nature Reserve, literally next to a watering hole.  How amazing is it to have a bbq while wild animals are out and about less then 10 feet from where you're standing?

A quick cup of coffee and we were back on the road, heading south back to Jo'berg, South Africa.

And upon return to Jo'berg, Graham took care of some business and then promptly met us at his watering hole, the G&G.