Laid-back Saturday

We slept in today...till 6:30 AM. After breakfast, we caught a "combi" (one of a million old Toyota vans that act as minibusses in the Gaborone region) to Phakelane, a community 15k north of here which sports a golf course and surrounding "chalets" and 80 new homes being built. The golf course is a little upscale compared with the Gaborone GC, and a bit more carefully tended. I rented clubs, but the driver was missing. I asked where it was and the attendant described the previous user breaking the shaft after hitting a bad shot. I was able to obtain a replacement. Despite being assured when we made the tee time that there was a woman's set to rent, the clerk could not produce one. Luckly the general manager, a woman, came on the scene, and lent Barbara her own set! The clerk also suggested a caddy (despite our taking a cart) who, she said, would protect us from snakes. We had a nice round and had lunch at the club. There were no snakes, but the caddy at least gave us targets to hit to and general directions from hole to hole.
We returned to Gaborone quickly, and repaired to the pool to get out of the heat.
Botswana steaks for dinner at the Bull and Bush.