Canvasing Gaborone from Kgale Hill

Well, my eyes are closed, but hey--it is a long hike up there to retake it. In the background is the Gaborone Dam and reservoir.

So on Saturday, eight friends and I met in the morning to hike Kgale Hill, which overlooks all of Gaborone and the Gaborone Dam. It took us about two hours to get from the University to Kgale Hill because we had to catch a combie on the main road off campus, take it to the station, walk over the flyover (overpass), and find our next route. We then had to split up to fit into the Kgale View 3 route combies and meet at Game City. From there, we wandered around the hill for about half an hour before finally stumbling upon the right trail. Near the trail head are the quarries, where they have been mining for a while. I am not sure what they are mining, but it must mostly be finished with because there is not that much activity. The climb up the hill was fairly steep and involved more rock climbing than hiking. It was a beautiful view though! I wish I could post the video I took from the top, but I think that my school has blocked any and all video uploads. Here are pictures, though:

Here is Gaborone!

There is Kgale Hill in the background and the white van driving away is a combie. And see, KFC is even in Botswana! Except it is considered an expensive place to eat.

Kgale Hill

Interesting graffiti on the road.

You can't really tell from the picture, but this tree looks like it grew between two rocks, then tipped over and grew around this rock. The tree looks ancient, too.

The rooty underside...

This is the cell phone tower at the top.