Internet, Coffee and Chobe : Gallery Africana and Kasane Computers

Gallery Africana

This was our third trip to Kasane, and fourth visit to Chobe National Park. After camping and traveling rough its sometimes nice to visit a cafe. Africa Gallery is one of our favorites: Clive makes the best cappucinos and lattes in Africa (see sign)
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while Vicky and Finn provide witty and helpful information on a variety of topics.

And guess what, we loved their hamburgers!


Not only is this a great place for breakfast, lunch, or "tea", the gallery part of the shop is very interesting and quality as well.



Kasane Computers
Just inside the mall itself is Kasane Computers, one of the best user friendly business centers we have found in our travels. Teenie, Karen and their staff provide competent friendly assistance for intenet, computer parts, service, fax and other services. Stop in, you'll be glad you did!

Part 3 On to Africa via Amsterdam: Ready, Set, Charge !

We agonized about what electronic gadgets to take along to Africa.


Today, on the way to the airport, we realized that the laptop we were taking and the phone we had added world roaming to both needed to charge. We were able to plug into sister Susan's power thingies in her van because we had brought along an inverter for the laptop and a plug in charger for the phone. Thanks, Susan and Steve.

Oh well, add charging to the pre flight checklist. We were able to plug in at courtesy kiosk at the airport.

This is the first trip to Africa where we have taken a laptop. Thanks, Regina and JL!

Another decision to be made re the laptop was wi fi or no. The Houston airport does not offer free wi fi. A boingo screen popped up, offering wi fi connectivity for $9.95 per month. Our ATT Communication Software popped up with ATT Wi Fi finder, but we do not have ATT Wi Fi , but do have a laptop connect card that worked in the airport with no charge in addition to what we pay monthly. Wonder what we will find in the Amsterdam airport. We could have signed up for roaming on the laptop connect, but did not want to pay the montly charge plus data costs because expect few places that this will work in southern Africa. More likely to find free wi fi hotspots in a few cities, hostels, and camps...

Oops, gotta load this up, we are on the jet and about to leave!