The Makgadikgadi Pans
With the lowest of expectations, I planned one last long weekend getaway before our mission ends in late July. Low expectations due to the fact that the pans of central Botswana are not exactly what tourists pay thousands of dollars to visit. It's the wrong time of year to visit the pans, I didn't have much time to do so, and I haven't been able to find much intriguing information about the pans. But there is a stand of baobab trees I was dying to visit there, and well heck, a long weekend in the bush sure beats 70 hour weeks in the office. So off we flew expecting little more than a reprieve from rewarding but endlessly tiring office work. Then we reach...