Early days in Gabarone

The wi-fi seems stable at the moment so can just update on our movements since Sunday night. We have been very well looked after by Iqbal and Wahida, who have shown us around the game reserve in the city and taken us to the Livingstone Memorial just outside the city. Gabarone is very modern in places but is not like a European city with a dedicated town centre. There are lots of Western style shopping malls and Nandos is very big here.
Iqbal's  business is diagnostic testing and yesterday we went to his lab where we gave some of our blood to be tested. One of us found this a bit overwhelming and had to lie down on the floor, complaining of feeling faint. I'm not mentioning any names..but it wasn't me. We are celebrating Eid with the family on Friday which will involve a very early morning trip to the Mosque and then a huge family meal ( there is an extended family of over 100). We are spending the weekend at Iqbal's game farm, where we hope to see leopards  and cheetahs and then on Wednesday we travel to the north on safari-we're going firstly to the Okavang and then to Chobe...as well as a quick hop into Zimbabwe to see Victoria Falls.We will be back in Gabs on the 12th Nov. I can't believe I was ever on a ship, let alone in Antwerp for a week. Richard and I are still talking and now that we are staying at the house we have separate rooms at last bliss:)