A Botswana New Years

Staying in Botswana for the holidays can be pretty chill. During the day, most of the country is quiet. People spend the holidays relaxing and hanging out, taking time off work and destressing. At night, alot of people like to party - a scene I distance myself from for safety purposes.

For the New Year, I went to the city to try out a new restaurant I heard was in town - a sushi restaurant. Sushi in Botswana, the land locked country, covered in 85% kalahari desert. The restaurant is adorable and looks much like a sushi restaurant you'd get in the states.

On the road, it was interesting to see how much the landscape in Botswana has changed due to the rain. The Kalahari desert has completely transformed from its white sands to green grassy fields. One would have never knew that they were the same place, desolate expanses of sand turned into lush grassy fields with happy cows that look like they're in California.

Of course reminding me of the work I do and the place I'm in, I encountered a sign; one I'm glad that
somebody put up for the tourists to see.

On the way back, I stopped in the Khama Rhino Sanctuary since I hadn't been there yet, nor seen any rhinos on safari. The park has more than 30 rhinos, mostly black rhinos and a few white ones (though I have no idea what the difference is, they must all be some shade of grey). On the first drive around the park, we only saw a couple lounging in the mud since it was really hot. But since we were pressed for time to get back to Maun, I petitioned my friend to make one last loop around the park. The second go around, we saw them out of the mud and walking around, grazing.The rhinos were really magnificent to see. They're very lean and huge and have a square jaw. They were fairly docile though when they started getting close to the car, I wanted to move back since all wild animals can be unpredictable.

Back in Maun, we made it just at sundown over the Thamalakane river at Boseja bridge. A nice welcome home to the delta.