Today, we went driving through the Tuli Block. This is a farming area of Botswana where most of the fruit and vegetables grown in Botswana are produced. Oranges seem to be the primary fruit. We didn't get right to the top of the Tuli Block where the large irrugated farms are located, perhaps this is a trip for another time. The "main road" we were following was gravel that deteriorated into a two wheel track at each creek crossing. This was the standard type of road up until fifteen or so years ago. It took most of the morning to reach the halfway point of the trip, at which point we decided to seek smoother roads and head home.

The countryside is typical of Botswana, flat with scrubby bush. Still, we drove through areas of game reserve where Impala had decided the road offered better grazing. There are Lion and King Cheetah around the Tuli Block reserves with several game parks in the area. This alone will ensure I get back there at some point.

We stopped at the Zanzibar border post which is on the Limpopo river. We were allowed to enter no-man's land between Botswana and South Africa without passports to have a look at the Limpopo river and the couple of weirs built into it to allow foot traffic. No crocs were seen, but they no doubt saw us.

We stopped at Bobonong on the way back to Maunatlala to pick up something to eat, not a lot to choose from at the moment. As oranges are produced in Bots. we picked up a bag. Must have been a poor season this year.

Big meal, early night, back to Gaborone tomorrow some time. No hurry to go back to the big smoke, Maunatlala is a nice quite place with friendly people.

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