100 Days in Africa 2011: Budget Travel Tip #1

100 Days in Africa 2011: Budget Travel Tip #1

100 Days in Africa: Budget Travel Tip #1

Airport Food.
Back in the day, airport food tasted terrible, and the choices. These days, airport food is quite adequate, and some cafes very pleasant places to wile away your wait time.
That said, menu items are generally more expensive here than in the versions of the chain elsewhere, and can put a hole in the day's budget.
Saving Money and Eating Food You Like By Planning Ahead






Tip: Precook food for travel day, and carry in your personal item bag.
Today, we had a roast beef with horseradish dressing, lettuce, tomato, and side of snack carrots, all nestled within a big fat jalapeno garlic bagel sandwitch bun. Mmmmmmmm, good. Apple for desert. This helped us get rid of food that was not going to last in the fridge the next 100 days, even if we had left it on. Which we didn't. We always turn off our fridge and freezer to save money on our electric bill, give leftover condiments to friends and relatives.
Tip: Free Internet
Today we paid $9.95 for Boingo internet access using our Credit Card. We did not realize that the City of Austin Airport provided a free internet kiosk further down toward our gate.

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)
,
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!