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This is the video I created today with scenes from yesterday’s visit to the cheetah enclosure at Mokolodi Nature Reserve in Botswana. Note: If you have been primarily following along my Blog Safari with your Kindle, you will need to … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s visit to the Mokolodi Nature Reserve resulted in some spectacular photo opportunities. We visited a fenced area that is home to two 14-year-old cheetah twins, Duma and Letotse, who were orphaned when just a few months old. Their mother … Continue reading →

After our tour yesterday of the Jwaneng diamond mine I find myself doubly baffled by this week’s effort by a worldwide tribal-rights group to organize a boycott of Botswana diamonds. First of all, we learned on the tour that it … Continue reading →

I want to report on a case of outstanding customer service here in Botswana from Orange, the cell phone provider. I purchased a mobile broadband dongle at an Orange kiosk three days ago at a mall in Phakalane, but it … Continue reading →

We’re settling in to the rhythms of Botswana, thanks to our gracious hosts, Jim and Linda.  They live in  Phakalane, a suburb of the capital city, Gaborone.  Jim does project management consulting for mines in the area, and they’ve been … Continue reading →

This morning Deb and I met Monica Kribs, a volunteer for the Naledi Baptist Fellowship, at the offices of Flying Mission.  Monica each weekday helps prepare and serve food for 75 to 100 children at the Tlamelo Feeding Project in … Continue reading →

[We’re in Botswana, settling in at the home of our friends Jim and Linda. Before I begin my Bostwana blog, I want to finish up a post I began several days ago, about our last day in Cape Town.] On … Continue reading →

This one is for fellow train nerds. The photo at left shows the covering between the cars on the Blue Train, which makes it possible for there to be no breaks in the hallways of the train inside. It’s a … Continue reading →

I will in all likelihood be dozing my way to the Blue Train’s destination today.  This is ironic, because one of my most reliable methods for falling asleep in a normal bed is to imagine a train suite nearly identical … Continue reading →