Monthly Archives: November 2010

Monkey Business at the Grand Palm Hotel

You might think we had to go on another safari into a game reserve to find this adorable baby vervet monkey and its mother, sitting in a tree.  Actually, no.  We drove about 10 minutes from Jim and Linda’s home … Continue reading

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Mokolodi Nature Reserve: The Video

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

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Portrait of a Cheetah

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

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Are Diamonds Still Botswana’s Best Friend?

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

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Color Me a Satisfied Orange Customer!

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

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Rush Hour in Botswana

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

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Feeding the Children in Old Naledi

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

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Tourists in the Townships

[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

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Blue Train 5: Car Connector

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

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Blue Train 4: Notes from the Dining Car

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