And we thought it was over..

Term concluded on the 27th with a long drive down from Bana Ba Metsi to Maun, from there it is the responsibility of the boys' social workers and parents to collect the boys and take them to where they will stay for the six weeks of their summer holidays.

All went fine except for two boys whose social workers hadn't been able to make it in time. Not that this is a problem, things like this seem to happen in Botswana all the time and you just get on with things. It meant that the two boys would stay with us overnight before being collected the next morning by the social worker. This seemed like only a small problem especially as both of the boys were ones that we got on with and trusted, or so we thought.

There was only limited accomodation so the boys slept in the same room as us over night, while me and Tim were asleep one of the boys went into my wallet and stole 700 pula. When I realised this I was gutted to say the least. I do not think the theft was personal, just opportunistic. Maybe I should have expected it but it doesn't make it any less annoying. 

We managed to recover 600 pula after the boy confessed, but his confession lead us to find out that the other boy had also taken money and is suspected to be part of a much bigger incident which I cannot disclose. The incident lead for the police to be called and the only reason they were spared from spending the night in a jail cell was due to the fact that they are minors. Punishment will wait until school resumes next year.

Now that the troubles are over, me and Tim have 6 weeks of travel to look forward to. We refuse to let this incident bring us down, on Sunday we will leave for Botswana's capital Gabarone, before heading on to South Africa. We will spend a week in Joburg before travelling down to the coast via Swaziland. Once at Durban we will travel down the coast of S/A in time to spend christmas and new years in Cape Town. On the 3rd of Janurary we will take a bus from Cape Town to Windhoek, Namibia before crossing the border back to Botswana in time for the start of term. Shark diving, Bungee jumping, surfing, and snorkling are all on the cards. 

Whether I will blog or not is yet to be decided as I will be leaving my tablet in Botswana. I will post videos and photos on Insta and Facebook, follow if you wish @alexdobson_ ✌️