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| Crossing the Limpopo river between SA and Botswana |
On our way to our overnight stop we drove behind a small
truck with a bull, a cow and a small calf on the back. I don't know
where the people went when they turned off, but I couldn't resist a
few pictures as the animals moved around and upon occasion faced
backwards, right at us.
When I opened my email, Google+ told me
there was a Google+ Awesome picture. Curious, I opened the
application and burst out laughing. I took several pics with my
mobile phone today, but it picked one of the cattle on the back of
the small truck! Awesome indeed :)
And boy are there animals to look out
for when you driving this way. Goats, cattle and donkeys. Yep,
thousands of them, with the number of donkeys only slightly less.
I had fun with Francois' GoPro camera
on the road. He told me to put my mobile phone away and use the
GoPro. I took about ten video clips starting from the border crossing
to Nata Lodge.
We will charge the battery overnight
and then I can play some more tomorrow.
Travel tip #4: Unless you are an
experienced driver on bad roads (read bad potholes and uneven
surfaces) avoid the George's Bridge/Martin's Drift border crossing if
you are driving into Botswana from South Africa. Francois has a 4x4
and is a competent driver, and yet it was not easy to drive on this
road. I would imagine that sedan type vehicle drivers had a nightmare
driving this road today. It can be done, but you need to be extra
careful not to cause damage to the tyres or the car when you drive
too fast for the road conditions. The bad part is about 92 km from
the border crossing to Palapye. Thereafter the road (the A1 main
road) is much better, with only the animals and heavy trucks to look
out for.
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