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Kalahari Kanvas – camping equipment hire

To hell with backpacking...
To hell with backpacking…

At 8am on Monday I was preparing to type a glowing review of the service I received, but by 8.30 my opinion had changed.

After deciding to take the kids on a camping trip I needed to equip myself.  Not wanting to spend large amounts of money I decided to go along to Kalahari Kanvas by the airport in Maun and see what I could hire. Continue reading Kalahari Kanvas – camping equipment hire

Easter holiday horsing around

Spent one and a bit hours on horseback with the family this morning.

Once again we joined Jenny from African Animal Adventures who took us along the banks of the Thamalakane River in Maun.  This was the fourth time for the children, and they enjoy it more each time.

We were 8, excluding Jenny, 2 adults and 6 [...]

Ersatz Curios

Harking back to November when I was looking for goodies to send back to the UK as Christmas presents.

Spending most of my time in Maun I thought it would be great to buy some African curios as gifts, after all, this is the tourism capital of Botswana, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to find some [...]

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Moremi – December 2008 A drive through Moremi National Park with the kids during rainy season, with some concrete action thrown in.

What can you see? (Look the other way, in the bushes.)

What can you see? (In the bushes.)

Typical housekeeping.

Is he coming this way?

Elephant strolling past Moremi, South Gate.

One [...]