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Miscellaneous: If you're like me, you tell time not by a wrist watch or the position of the sun, but by my mobile phone. Well I couldn't get a mobile phone signal in either Zambia or Botswana, so leaving my phone on caused the battery to die much quicker (usually my mobile phone battery lasts about a week -- but there is lasted about 8 hours because it was constantly searching for a signal!)
Written Feb 25, 2008
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Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Remember to take malaria pills with you. I noticed that there in fact are mosquitoes even in the city center. I even spotted one inside the National Gallery. I forgot to take mine, luckily didn't get malaria, though..
Updated Nov 20, 2006
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Toiletries and Medical Supplies: duh! The sun is hot in Africa. I usually don't burn much, but down here it's definitely possible. The South Africans recommend at least SPF 30.
Written Feb 25, 2008
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Miscellaneous: Are you planning to send post cards? You may need some addresses you don't use on a daily basis. Just a thought.
Written Feb 25, 2008
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Miscellaneous: Just in case! Your laptop will not fit in the hotel room safe, and theft is high in Africa.
Written Feb 25, 2008
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Miscellaneous: This one pictured I bought in Botswana. It's a good one because I can plug American stuff and European stuff into it.
Written Feb 25, 2008
Miscellaneous: Power outages have lately been a problem in southern Africa.
Written Feb 25, 2008
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4 Reviews and 53 Opinions I was spoiled a bit on my trip to southern Africa. Everywhere I went, I stayed in "the best hotel in...
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Power outages have lately been a problem in southern Africa.
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Q: Hello there fellow travellers, Please tell me how far it is from Windhoek to Gaborone when driving? If anyone knows the actual...
A: Hi This website has a detailed map with distances http://www.travelmath.com/driving-distance/from/Windhoek,+Namibia/to/Gaborone,+Botswana
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IT'S NOT BIG AND IT'S NOT BUSY. THIS HAS TO BE THE EASIEST CAPITAL CITY IN THE WORLD TO HAVE A WALK AROUND. PLEASE COME FURTHER INSIDE FOR A TOUR!
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A big country, so beautiful and diverse, you are sure to fall in love the moment you see your first fisheagle or your first elephant.I am from a small city, in a great country.Gaborone does not really...
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Gaborone: a capital city w/ a strange design
The 'G' is more like an 'H' sound, but with a bit of a throaty thing added in, and the 'e' at the end is pronounced as a long e sound. So phonetically, it is spelled something more like...
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Gaborone - The capital of Botswana
Botswana's capital Gaborone, with 200 thousand inhabitants, is sometimes dubbed as the s fastest growing city in Africa. The city was named after Chief Kgosi Gaborone. The seat of government was...
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Gaborone - Capital city of Botswana
Often described as Africa's fastest growing city, Botswana's capital Gaborone is a vibrant and colourful city, which lies in the flat valley between Kgale and Oodi hills, on the Notwane River in the...
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