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November 10th – day 142

Saturday 10 november During the night we had serious rain, now that’s something new. They have beautiful toilets at this campsite. Today we go to the South African border. But first we going to visit the Brick factory of the … Continue reading

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November 9th – day 141

Friday 09 November During the night a group of wild dogs hunted a Kudu. They chased it trough the reception, you can still see the scratches on the floor. They are still busy eating the corpse. It’s a very nice … Continue reading

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November 8th – day 140

Thursday 8 November Dirk mounts the spare alternator definitive. We disconnect the startbattery, we are going to drive with the lighting on, so we can check if the voltage is really too high, then the bulbs will burn.. It is … Continue reading

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November 7th – day 139

Wednesday 07 November Today we make our first day in the direction of Campsite Elephant Sands. We want to do it in 2 days. Today we want to drive about 200km.  We leave Maun at 8. That’s a good time, … Continue reading

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November 6th – Day 138

Tuesday 06 November  At 5.30 we start for a 3hours walk through the bush, today Inge has 2 guides.  We say good morning to the zebra’s.  We see more animals than yesterday.   Elephants are eating the leaves with their curved … Continue reading

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November 5th – Day 137

Monday 5 November Today we leave the campsite at 7:30. With a big car they bring us to the Mokoro’s in the Okovango Delta. It’s about 2 hours driving, last 1,5 is off road, including very loose sand and bridges … Continue reading

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November 4th – Day 136

Sunday 4th november William, Agnes and Pim travel for 1 year trough Africa, William rebuild a ‘Dakar’ truck special for this trip. You can follow them at www.3travel2africa.wordpress.com William shows us the truck, he’s build all facilities in it. Even … Continue reading

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November 3rd – Day 135

Saterday 3rd November In the morning our Campsite is full with animals, goats, chickens and cows. It’s a cosy breakfast. We don’t have to brake down the tent so we can leave early today. The interior of the house is … Continue reading

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November 2nd – Day 134

Friday 2th november Today we go towards the Botswana border, we leave the campsite at 10.30. We have some gravel roads. We drive trough Bwabwata National Park, an Elephant crosses our way. Dirk comes very close with the Ford and … Continue reading

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November 1st – Day 133

Thursday 1 november Last night we slept for the first night in the roof tent, with the snoring sound off the hippo’s on the background. It’s now our job to clean the roof tent. Dirk assembles a new spare wheel … Continue reading

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