Gaborone - Post Report Question and Answers
If you move here, you can leave behind your:
Sense of urgency, picky eating habits, wish for an active social life, heavy winter clothes (unless you plan to travel somewhere cold!). - Aug 2024
Do not assume that because Botswana is relatively wealthy, it will be a smooth transition... it will not! Forget expectations of welcoming locals, sense of urgency, expectations of serious journalism, consistent availability of produce, and inexpensive fish and seafood. - Dec 2023
Yak trax. - Jul 2019
Umbrellas - it never rains. Plans for saving money - you'd be wasting your time here. Children? Just kidding. But seriously - if you have disposable income - this is your place. And if you have children, you don't have a lot of that. - Jul 2016
Fancy clothes, shoes, jewelry. - Mar 2015
Notion that all of Africa is a third world poverty stricken backwoods. Botswana has a slow and laid-back feel and although the bureaucracy can be frustrating, it's a functioning democracy. It will be what you make of it. - Nov 2013
Going-out clothes; sense of urgency; expectation that this will be an "easy" post or place to live; belief that this is "Africa lite". - Jul 2013
Need to rush! - Apr 2013
party clothes. - Jun 2010
