Yeah, I go to Francistown
- Ah ha You got the permit?
- Sorry You got the permit? No You don't have? Do I need a permit?
- You need a permit - Oh Good morning Internet, it is 8:30 in the morning and welcome back to the channel Welcome here in .. where am I? Bobonong I am getting ready for another ride here in Botswana Let me show you what the plan is for today On the map So I am now over here and so this is what I did in the last ride. It was quite a long ride And today I'm only riding to Francistown which is here And I will be riding right here at the border with Zimbabwe Which is over there It's only 155 kilometers, I think today And the reason that's it's such a short ride, is that I have business to do in Francistown Remember that my mediamod of the Go Pro Hero 9, it broke So the last couple of episodes I have been filming with my old camera, the Hero 8 But in the meantime I ordered a new one from South Africa And it's been sent to Francistown So I 'm just going to go there and wait for my parcel to arrive And um.. There's also some spare parts for Savannah that are in that parcel So yeah, I just gotta go to Francistown so Today will be, I think half day ride. I think it'll be an easy ride But I do.. well I hope actually it's going to be all unpaved But uh.. we'll find out Where to? Francistown. See how close this route will go past the border with Zimbabwe there 'Please drive to highlighted route' Let's go What is that? .. Oh Oh that's.. not a very nice start of the day There's a burnt dog there Why would they do that? Okay, trying to get that image out of my head now Oh this is already.. dirt road beginning And I'm still in Bobonong though Bumpy Wow Just unbelievable right? These Dry rivers So wide Oh that tree didn't make it Incredible When was the last time.. there was water here I wonder? These trees are still alive but.. For how long? Passing here on your left Ah, it is a busy morning Everybody is going to work Excuse me Oeh that is a big one Oh It's okay Sorry Where am I going? A lot of garbage here Is this even a road? Don't like riding where there's garbage 'cause often there's glass or other like sharp things There is traffic There's another truck here Oh there's a donkey cart in front of me Oh the donkeys are running fast Eish Hi I gave the man a fright I think No.. you don't expect a motorcycle to pop up From behind you Oh there's a village here Oh.. That came kind of out of the blue What's it called? Village without a name Small village Some rondavels Ah.. Tshokwe, this town is called Tshokwe I just spotted the first elephant droppings So there are elephant.. yet again In the area Wow, there is a massive dam wall there What dam is this? I did see something of it Doesn't say but it's massive Well, that might be the explanation for all these dry river beds If there's a hydroelectric dam here That might be it Mystery solved Closing in on the border with Zimbabwe as well That's on the right hand side of me I'll get a little bit closer even.. in a little bit It's a little rough up here. Oh sorry little cow Not meaning to scare you Check point here Oh another foot and mouth disease check point How are you? I am good and you? I'm very, very, very fine
- Okay.. good Very flexible You are crossing the one zone to Francistown zone? Yeah I go to Francistown
- Ah ha You got the permit? Sorry?
- You got the permit? No You don't have? Do I need a permit?
- You need a permit Oh
- This is greater Phikwe I did not know this, I'm not from here I'm from the Netherlands
- You from Netherlands - Yeah (Inaudible) Sorry? I am talking about these guys, the football players Wait, let me take my helmet off, then I can hear you better 'Cause I'm wearing earplugs So when did you arrive in..
- Much better Oh okay
- This is against wind noise Oh alright
- That's why I am bit deaf Which football player are you talking about?
- The national team, the Netherlands Van Nistelrooij. Van Basten Van Persie
- Yeah, Van Persie I came from Namibia side
- Hmm hmm I started.. I bought this bike in South Africa
- Oh okay Then I rode three months in South Africa, then two months in Namibia Now Botswana after Francistown, I go to Zambia Hmm hmm, still you riding? Yes, always You are not riding any vehicle, you are just using this?
- Always my bike So when are you going back to Netherlands or you came for good?
- I think I came for good I like Africa, man
- Is it? - Yeah So why are you travelling alone? I like it, it's freedom I can go wherever I want Unless you need a permit Oh for the region border? Eh hey Ah, now I get it Yes but I tried to apply on the app I have the Be Safe app Ah ha, that's what I'm talking about
- Ohhh, because I get confused because the veterinary check point that's why I didn't realise
- Eh no, it's a vet check point yes Ah and it's also region border? But you are crossing to another region
- Region Ohhh okay, wow That's what I'm talking about
- Yeah, yeah, yeah So what do you do if you get stuck in this bike? Where are you going to phone? What do you mean if I get stuck? Let's say you get a puncture.. you get a.. I fix it Alone, you got the tools? I got tools everything
- Everything Yeah, yeah
- Wow Yeah I just wanted to chat It's been long since I spoke English
- You saw other people Ah, okay Yes Okay no problem Safe journey
- Okay, thank you Alright Sorry, are you not afraid of these animals This eh.. all alone on the road Afraid? Me? No You might come across some elephant Ah yes, I saw them also yesterday Where? Hmmm, where was it? On the road to Bobonong Oh okay, alright Yeah Okay Thank you, bye He was just playing with me He was saying no you can't go. And in the end he's like no, I just wanted to have a chat and speak English Well, this is the border between Botswana and Zimbabwe It's making a turn here See so I'm riding.. still parallel to the border here Going north The border popped up again Just this little fence is the border with Zimbabwe So I'm sure elephant or other big animals they will just.. kind of walk freely in-between Zimbabwe and Botswana here 'Cause that little fence is not going to stop an elephant I have arrived in Francistown What a nice little neighbourhood Hello
- Hello How are you?
- I'm good and you? I'm good thank you Thank you So today my parcel was supposed to arrive But then last night, I received a message from DHL That my parcel is in Gabarone Still, the capital of Botswana And that I have to pay something to get it Must be some custom fee or whatever So I'm now going to the DHL office here in Francistown To try to pay that amount And then hopefully.. they'll send it though here soon Somewhere here Haskins Must be.. Somewhere here Ah, DHL On back side, I don't know Ah there I see it, yeah DHL service point Hi Hello Good morning
- Good morning I am waiting for a DHL parcel And I just got a message last night that it's held in Gabarone and that I need to pay some.. import duties probably Well I had to pay 194 pula They told me that my parcel will be delivered tomorrow so fingers crossed And my parcel finally arrived, let's quickly open it up Let me see These are my two new air filters But this is the main important package So this is my new mediamod for my other Go Pro so I'm really happy about it. Now I can go back to better quality videos Hopefully again And my air filters, also super helpful So that was it for today. I really hope you liked this video If you did please give me a big thumbs up and subscribe down below And then I will see you in the next video
