[unclebilly]

I spent the last 2 days working with a fellow from South Africa who has spent a great deal of timing working in Southern Africa in the diamond mines.

He has me convinced that I need to take my family on a vacation to Botswana next summer. We would rent a Landcruiser and camp for a week between Maun and Kasane and do it unguided. Possibly check out Victoria Falls.

Have you done it? Have you been there? Am I crazy?

Apparently there is no need for a guide in Botswana and it’s very safe. Some of the neighbouring countries perhaps not so much. He reccomended a rental company and it looks to be pretty affordable. My son will be 15 and my daughter 12. There probably won’t be too many more family vacations as the kids come into their own.

By the way, this is my wife’s dream. I was thinking I could surprise her with this for her 50th in a couple years but there is no time like the present…