Travelling in Botswana brings many joys...One that is always particularly pleasing is the visibility of the country’s success. The rewards are on display, often highlighted in both urban and rural settings, as the old and traditional are juxtaposed with the new and modern.
Whether it be the accommodation of the House of Chiefs in parliament, the maintaining of the strength of the kgotla (where traditional judicial proceedings are undertaken). 
A Herero woman from Sehitwa on her cellphone. This advance in technology has spread to many rural areas in Botswana.
A man brings freshly cut reeds from the Delta to rewall his village home.
Donkeys are a common sight on the streets of Maun.
For this rural homeowner – with his humble home and state-of-the art toilet – it’s obviously a question of priorities.
A common sight in Botswana’s smaller towns is a traditional mud hut and a more modern dwelling built alongside each other on the same property.
A sign of the times: recently installed telephone booths have been placed in most of the rural towns in order to compete with cellphones.
Satellite dishes are a sure sign of improving living standards.
A radio mast towers above traditional mud and thatch dwellings in Natal.
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