{"id":4940,"date":"2016-05-01T20:15:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T18:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/?p=4940"},"modified":"2016-06-18T20:22:48","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T18:22:48","slug":"slip-n-slide-gaborone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/slip-n-slide-gaborone\/","title":{"rendered":"Slip n Slide Gaborone"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, seems like the fuss about Nasty C<\/a> has died down and our optimism is back.\u00a0 A new “first” for Botswana has been touted all over social media, radio stations and at shopping malls.<\/p>\n

Yes: Slip N Slide was coming to Gaborone for the long weekend.<\/p>\n

\"Slip<\/a>
Slip n Slide Gaborone Promo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Looks fantastic…<\/p>\n

I heard one of the promoters being interviewed on radio as I drove to work, it was going to be great: the water slide was 300m long.\u00a0 Yes, I thought I misheard, but he repeated himself, three hundred metres.\u00a0 For Gaborone residents that’s the distance from Choppies to Checkers at Game City.<\/p>\n

\"Choppies<\/a>
Choppies to Checkers: 300m<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And where was the event going to be?\u00a0 Lions’ Park, Serokolwane Lawns, the stadium… No!<\/p>\n

\"Slip<\/a>
Slip n Slide Gaborone Promo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Old Gaborone Landfill”<\/p>\n

At least it’s been covered and rehabilitated (different colours due to satellite images taken in dry and wet season).<\/p>\n

\"Gaborone<\/a>
Gaborone Landfill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I first heard there were issues when I asked my daughter where one of her friends was, “They went to the slip n slide, and then to Lion’s Park.”<\/p>\n

Then the stories started on Twitter and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now it’s Sunday and the usual suspects have been curating pictures of the event on Twitter.<\/p>\n