Showing posts with label Gaborone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gaborone. Show all posts

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Botswana part 1 - Botswana's capital Gaborone


Botswana's capital Gaborone - Gaborone GabCity - Botswana

Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, has the usual facilities of any modern capital city, small though it may be by world standards. Today Gaborone is a vibrant cosmopolitan capital, and although small in size, is a melting pot of diverse cultures and practices. There are numerous busy shopping malls offering a full range of imported and locally produced goods, excellent restaurants, international-quality hotels, sports clubs and various night clubs. New buildings (such as Phakalane) sprout like mushrooms wherever exists a block of land to fit them, resulting in a mix of low-cost housing, blocks of flats, shopping centers and industrial complexes. By value Botswana is the largest producer of Diamonds.

Botswana part 2 - Kgale Hill. View of the city Gaborone


View of the city Gaborone - Climbing Kgale Hill in Gaborone Botswana

Kgale Hill (Setswana for "The Place that Dried Up") is a hill located in Gaborone, Botswana. Nicknamed "The Sleeping Giant", Kgale Hill reaches a summit elevation of 1,287 metres (4,222 ft) above sea level.The hill was formerly home to a television repeater but is now a tourist destination.