23 hours ago by Andy Biggs

Our Safari Group - July 2011 I love to take group photographs from each safari, and this one was no exception. It’s great to look back at so many happy faces after some amazing experiences out in the bush. On this particular safari we visited 2 camps in northern Botswana, Chitabe and Savuti, and cam ...

1 day ago by dhammett

I am often asked just what was it that made me move to Botswana. The major answer to that is the working of God in my life. However, on a minor note, the lure of this great country does get in your heart and blood. This article by Alexander McCall Smith will give you his view. It is a long read, but ...

1 day ago by Tess

Note: This post has been a long time in the making. Peace Corps volunteers are instructed encouraged to only write about positive things, or to write about negative things in a positive way. However, this is an issue that makes it increasingly harder for me to be engaged and motivated at work. In fa ...

1 day ago by Melissa West

Bloomberg reported Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX:LUC,TSXV:LUC) will commission its Karowe min in Botswana by April. Continue reading...

3 days ago by Satri

Here's the recent Google-related geonews in batch mode. From official sources: Google released a major update to the bathymetry and seafloor display in Google Earth There's new 45 degrees imagery available for 24 cities: "US: Charleston-Folly Beach, SC; Lee’s Summit, KS; Lexington, SC; Magna (Salt L ...

3 days ago by KD

With the recent changes I’ve made to my website and blog, I thought it was time to reorganise some of my earlier content which kind of got lost along the way. This post was originally published just over 2 years ago (apologies to long time readers who’ve seen it before) By reposting within the new b ...

3 days ago by maudenbram

February 5 Maud’s boyfriend Zachary John Edu Claeys turned 6 - Big Boy! He’s looking a bit tired here cause it’s the end of a long, fun, exhausting party day... Still really summer, really hot, so what do you do with a bunch of kids that are about to get overheated from running around, popping ballo ...

3 days ago by maudenbram

Another weekend, another series of visitors:-) After a mellow Saturday afternoon with Joop, we had an equally great mellow Sunday with Inga, Andreas, Yaro and Moyo.Bram and Inga are both teaching in a photo workshop coming weekend, so Inga is trying to simultaneously attend to Moyo and read Bram’s d ...

3 days ago by Melissa West

Firestone Diamonds plc, (AIM:FDI) reported an update on mining operations in Botswana. Continue reading...

4 days ago by Sarah

My A-Z of Travel The challenge is to answer twenty-six questions about my travels. The reason: I saw this on one of the travel blogs I read and thought it was a cool idea. Some of these questions are not easy but, here I go… A: Age you went on your first trip. I was 2-1/2 when our family moved to No ...