Another day another reasonably uneventful border crossing, so far so good - the only minor hiccup was insufficient Namibian funds to pay the road taxes (you need N160, or 110 Pula) but a nice South African man changed some money for us. The other thing of note is that you cannot bring any dairy or meat products into Botswana due to foot and mouth disease but apart from half a pint of milk (which the inspector advised Duncan to drink, so he did) we were fine.
We've been through several roadblocks for foot and mouth (and maybe one for lung disease, they're not very explicit) and I dont quite understand the logic. At each one the Landy gets her tyres sprayed and you need to stand in the shoes you're wearing on a disinfectant pad and also disinfect any other shoes you have. Fair enough for the tyres if you're exiting an infected area, or stopped and got outside the car in an infected area. But I dont understand having to disinfect leaving a clean area into another clean area - and I dont understand re disinfecting the shoes in your luggage when you just did that 20 minutes ago up the road! In each case they checked the fridge and back for meat and dairy products to confiscate so the moral of the story is dont travel with any you aren't prepared to lose.
We're camped in the tranquil bush at Tsodilo Hills, a world heritage site where there are loads of ancient rock paintings.
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