So we traversed our line route. We started off on a nice sandy grassy dirt road.... And then turned off onto a much more rough road (first passing through a river bed -Vertical down then Vertical Up!) The way we followed from slightly narrower by over grown bushes to driving over/around/under/through Thorn Trees! I think the guys who came with us are going to send us a big fat bill to repaint their cars! Of course the driving surface was no better - strewn with stones, boulders and ditches...with patches of soft sand... Nice sink-y soft sand. So after the first tense moment trying to navigate across the first soft patch in our heavy 4x4 vehicles, we started drive straight through the bos to avoid the next few soft looking patches ^ss-scc-ccr-aaaaaaa-ttttt-ch!
Oh did I mention we were doing some of this at 60km/hr?
We finished earlier than expected (surprise!) we shook hands, wished everyone well and parted. (French people are like SO funny :D )
After lunch of a very spicey Lemon and Herb Chicken Pita, I convinced the colleague that I would rather leave for Jozi tonight than beg borrow and plead for accomodation in Gaborone. So with some good luck at the airport... I should be sleeping in my own cosy (non-P500 per night) bed tonight!
On the road from Palapye to Gaborone in the meanwhile trying to drown out someone else's idea of good music with Yellowcard and Hammerfall...
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