December 31, 2016
We got a car and took a pleasant ride through the rolling hills of Northwest Province of South Africa to the Botswana border. Lots of animals to see (sometimes in the middle of the road), mostly exotic creatures like cows, goats, horses, donkeys and sheep.
At the border crossing to Lobatse, a guy saw our American passports and said (with a big smile) "from the land of Obama." Then (similng fading) "and now Trump." From there, it was a short distance to Mokolodi Nature Reserve.
We got our tent for the night (at Mokolodi Backpackers) and we saw our first of the African cats; they were house cats.
We then went to see if the night game drive at the reserve had available space. No luck there, but they did have a table available for New Year's Eve braai (1) buffet. Beautiful sunset (and crescent moonset) overlooking the hills of the sanctuary.
(1) Braai is an Afrikaans word that has made its way into Southern African English and means meat cooked over a wood/charcoal fire.
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