Driving till the evening we reached yesterday Popa Falls in North Namibia – just at the mouth of Caprivi Strip.
Popa Falls should be rather named Popa Rapids. The highest “fall” I saw there is 1m high! But is is still lovely place and NWR has right at the rapids their resort with stylish bungalows. They charge 260 NAD per person and the breakfast is included. Mosquito nets too! 🙂
Today in the morning we said goodbye to Namibia again, crossing the border to Botswana in Mohembo National Park. We saw impalas, zebras and buffalo on the Namibian side.
It is very remote place: they had only 8 vehicles crossing the border the day before.
Once in Botswana we recognized that we have to pay the entry fees for our small car: three different fees, three receipts, 110 pula toogether. Nobody told me about that in advance.
We do not have Botswanian pula! No, no bank desk or exchange counter here! But you can pay me in Rands and I will give you the change in pula. OK! No choice!
How much rands? You will give me 200 rands and I will give you 30 pula change!- said official.
Then I started to count: 1 USD = 7, 60 rands = 7,40 pula
The net profit of the border official was not bad!
This is how it works in the African outback!
We were driving in the heat few hours across Botswana.
At the crossroad with the Windhoek road I found the filling station. No petrol! Maybe NEXT WEEK I will get some!- said the black owner…
We reached Maun – the capital of the Okavango Delta region. Old Bridge Backpackers is a nice place. Our tent stands on the bank of the tropical river. Birds are singing around. It is still hot, hot, hot.
We are getting ready for the tomorrow’s trip in the dugout canoe (mokoro) to the Delta of Okavango. Wow!
