{"id":5133,"date":"2016-12-04T21:59:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T19:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/?p=5133"},"modified":"2016-12-04T21:59:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T19:59:57","slug":"long-day-to-tsabong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/long-day-to-tsabong\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Day To Tsabong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After weeks of preparation and waiting for materials to be delivered we sent our team down to Tsabong on Tuesday with a first-fix of goods.&nbsp; A final delivery of R70,000 worth of PVC pipes and fittings arrived on Friday and was transhipped to a local transporter together with the remainder of the reverse osmosis membranes and a few tons of Grundfos pumps on Friday.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5133 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/20161120_0738-tsabong-ro\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120_0738-tsabong-ro-300x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Boxes of tools and equipment for rehabilitating and upgrading Tsabong village reverse osmosis water treatment plant.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5134\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120_0738-tsabong-ro-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120_0738-tsabong-ro-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120_0738-tsabong-ro-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120_0738-tsabong-ro-150x90.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120_0738-tsabong-ro-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5134'>\n\t\t\t\tChristmas presents for Tsabong: new membranes and components for the village reverse osmosis water treatment plant.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/20161120_0739-tsabong-ro\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120_0739-tsabong-ro-1-300x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Tsabong Village Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5135\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120_0739-tsabong-ro-1-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120_0739-tsabong-ro-1-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120_0739-tsabong-ro-1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120_0739-tsabong-ro-1-150x90.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161120_0739-tsabong-ro-1-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5135'>\n\t\t\t\tTsabong Village Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><!--more-->In order not to prejudice my ongoing mental and physical health campaign I found it necessary to take part in the Gaborone Striders&#8217; Saturday session from Wimpy on Western Bypass to Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and back again.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/780116917\/embed\/442ca4e97d9c7bbad3a2f26d05eb63bfec37b8e4\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"590\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-5133 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/20161119_052925-running-man\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_052925-running-man-e1479661721426-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Blog owner in running gear outside Wimpy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5127\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_052925-running-man-e1479661721426-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_052925-running-man-e1479661721426-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_052925-running-man-e1479661721426-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_052925-running-man-e1479661721426-400x533.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_052925-running-man-e1479661721426.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5127'>\n\t\t\t\tUp early for a Striders&#8217; Saturday session from Wimpy Western Bypass to Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and back again.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/20161119_adulterated-sauce\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_adulterated-sauce-e1479661763121-180x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Omelette, toast, juice and HP Sauce for breakfast\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_adulterated-sauce-e1479661763121-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_adulterated-sauce-e1479661763121-768x1280.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_adulterated-sauce-e1479661763121-615x1024.jpg 615w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_adulterated-sauce-e1479661763121-90x150.jpg 90w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_adulterated-sauce-e1479661763121-400x666.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_adulterated-sauce-e1479661763121.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 85vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5128'>\n\t\t\t\tPost-run Botswanacraft breakfast of &#8220;omelette with all the things,&#8221; and fresh squeezed pineapple and orange juice with some suspiciously runny &#8220;HP Sauce.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It was of course necessary to have a proper breakfast after the post-run chat, so I hooked up with a friend and went to Botswanacraft. Nice omelette fully packed with ham, peppers, mushrooms, cheese, tomatoes and onions.&nbsp; The fresh pineapple and orange juice is pretty good too.<\/p>\n<p>Home for a shower, packing and then off to the distribution board manufacturer to collect a new motor control centre and various signal marshalling panels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_electrical-boards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5132\" title=\"20161119_electrical-boards\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_electrical-boards-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"20161119_electrical-boards\" data-popupalt-original-title=\"null\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_electrical-boards-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_electrical-boards-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_electrical-boards-1024x615.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_electrical-boards-150x90.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_electrical-boards-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>And that was me on the road, all going well as far as Kanye, at which point it started going swimmingly.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-5133 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_kanye-rain.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_kanye-rain-300x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Heavy rain on the A10 outside Kanye\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-5130\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_kanye-rain-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_kanye-rain-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_kanye-rain-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_kanye-rain-150x90.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_kanye-rain-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-5130'>\n\t\t\t\tHeavy rain on the A10 outside Kanye, drainage not helped by the shoulders being extended.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_sekoma-clouds.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_sekoma-clouds-300x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sun finding its way through storm clouds near Sekoma after an afternoon of rain in Southern District, Botswana\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-5131\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_sekoma-clouds-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_sekoma-clouds-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_sekoma-clouds-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_sekoma-clouds-150x90.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_sekoma-clouds-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-5131'>\n\t\t\t\tSun finding its way through storm clouds near Sekoma after an afternoon of rain in Southern District, Botswana\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_bouncy-1series-bmw.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_bouncy-1series-bmw-300x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"BMW 1 Series with shagged shocks.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-5129\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_bouncy-1series-bmw-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_bouncy-1series-bmw-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_bouncy-1series-bmw-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_bouncy-1series-bmw-150x90.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_bouncy-1series-bmw-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-5129'>\n\t\t\t\tBMW 1 Series with shagged shocks.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Literally, as the heavens opened and did their best to drown me. Between Kanye and Jwaneng I managed to overtake the rain, and was then overtaken by a BMW 1 Series. Right up until the stretch of road where it becomes a roller-coaster of subsidence and (s)he started bouncing all over the road and had to slow down. I don&#8217;t know why people can&#8217;t look after their cars, it&#8217;s a basic issue of safety (And the police bakkie that overtook me earlier today on the day of writing this post was bouncing so hard through Dibete it was almost bottoming out the front suspension).<\/p>\n<p>A brief stop-over in Jwaneng for human-fuel and the journey continued, through sunset and into the night, which contained its own set of surprises, and reminded of a rather African meme.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-5133 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_tsabong-camel.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_tsabong-camel-300x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Camel grazing at the side of the road near Tsabong Camel Park.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-5125\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_tsabong-camel-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_tsabong-camel-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_tsabong-camel-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_tsabong-camel-150x90.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161119_tsabong-camel-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-5125'>\n\t\t\t\tCamel grazing at the side of the road near Tsabong Camel Park.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dump-bobonong-chick.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dump-bobonong-chick-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A chicken on top of a cat on top of a dog on top of a dinkey in the headlights of a car.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-5126\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dump-bobonong-chick-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dump-bobonong-chick-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dump-bobonong-chick.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-5126'>\n\t\t\t\tDriving home after dumping a Bobonong chick.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Road Trip Video<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gaborone to Tsabong   Wet and Wild\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ffvHW4barOI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After weeks of preparation and waiting for materials to be delivered we sent our team down to Tsabong on Tuesday with a first-fix of goods.&nbsp; A final delivery of R70,000 worth of PVC pipes and fittings arrived on Friday and was transhipped to a local transporter together with the remainder of the reverse osmosis membranes &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/long-day-to-tsabong\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Long Day To Tsabong&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,9,128,45,44,140],"tags":[219,364,367,183,365,277,366],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5133"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5133"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5187,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5133\/revisions\/5187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}