Category: Roads

When The Stars Come Out

Last week was hectic, with work meetings in Tsabong and Sowa (thankfully the company stumped up for me to fly to and from Francistown, so not entirely awful).

A Week On The Road: Bring Me My Cessna
A Week On The Road: Bring Me My Cessna

Now I’m back in Tsabong to do some site measurements with our South African stainless steel fabrication specialist, and true to form I only escaped Gaborone at 1400. It’s about 550km, of which the first 100km is a traffic filled road to/from hell and the remainder punctuated by livestock and potholes. The last 150km were done after sunset. Continue reading “When The Stars Come Out”

Francistown’s Spaghetti Road

For anybody looking for plans and renderings of Francistown’s new Spaghetti Road – currently under construction and causing all manner of traffic chaos.

Francistown Spaghetti Junction - 3D Render
Francistown Spaghetti Junction – 3D Render
Francistown Spaghetti Junction - Plan
Francistown Spaghetti Junction – Plan

Continue reading “Francistown’s Spaghetti Road”

Trucking Botswana

Botswana is on one of the main transit routes from the coast (Durban, Walvis Bay) and the South African industrial hub (Johannesburg) so we get lots of interesting stuff passing through for domestic consumption and in transit to the north (Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, even Tanzania).

Here are some terribly exciting pictures of big things (and a few normal sized trucks) seen on the roads of Botswana:

Transformers

Transformer stuck on the A1 outside Francistown.
Transformer stuck on the A1 outside Francistown.

Continue reading “Trucking Botswana”