The tribe of Uvaru is in the southern part of the three diamond mining areas, and the chieftain's station is less than 20 kilometers from the nearest mine. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Uwaru tribe was the second to benefit from the mining team's operation to dig water wells, and it was during the dry season last year that the chiefs and tribal villagers were in dire straits.

The first beneficiary is, of course, Mr. Moshari Tuwang, and the leader must always be the first to get the affordable, universal social art.

At night, bonfires are lit and Africa's primitive and rugged songs and dances are danced until late into the night.

Zhang Nan had already politely declined Moshari's invitation to stay in the town, and as long as he drank at night, he shouted "rain" with a group of chiefs, killed a few boxes of French wine he had brought, and drunkenly rode back to the mine in a Land Rover.

Botswana has no shortage of diamonds, agriculture and animal husbandry, and non-ferrous metal minerals, but it lacks water!

Twenty years ago, this road was all about watching the sky and eating, and water was the root of everything.

The greeting of drinking and toasting and shouting "rain" is very distinctive, and first-time visitors will think that people here are all money fans, because the pronunciation of the blessing is "Pula", which is also the name of Botswana's currency.

A toast comes with the phrase "money", this picture is so interesting.

It can be seen that the Botswana people's feelings about water: too short of water!

Even the Limpopo River in the capital, Gaboro, is almost seasonal, so it has to be sustained by reservoirs during the dry season.

In this country, the urban water fee has long been implemented by the ladder water price, once the water consumption exceeds a certain level, the water bill will be staggeringly expensive, and it will rise one by one.

Of course, the price of water in the rainy season is different from that in the dry season, otherwise Zhang Nan would not have been able to enjoy the treatment of the swimming pool during the few days he lived in Gaborone.

During the dry season, the pools in the best hotels are dry.

Lily fell asleep in the car, honestly being held by Alice, and Zhang Nan was similar, a little drunk.

Half an hour later, I returned to the camp, which had been fenced off with barbed wire and guarded by a mine guard team 24 hours a day.

Entering the humble gate, you will soon be in the camp.

In the army-style two-story barracks, only Zhang Nan can enjoy the treatment of a suite, and live with Alice and Lily.

I slept until noon, and after eating Chinese food, the guest came to the door, it was Chief Uvaru.

Driving a 70 percent new British-made jeep, the current chief of Botswana is no longer the "primitive man" image of 40 years ago, and has long been in line with today's society.

The educational facilities here are backward, but just like the Chinese plateau in the early twentieth century, regardless of the total economic volume, there are always some high-end off-road vehicles in each county - what Land Cruiser is the highest, and the Mitsubishi Patello is standard.

Why...... Hehe, the higher-level government subsidizes local grassroots institutions.

As for the chief's car, it may be subsidized by the government, or it may be bought by himself, just like yesterday, all 11 chiefs came by car.

Botswana is vast and sparsely populated, and although the gap between rich and poor is large, tribal members are not particularly poor in terms of actual wealth. It's just that the infrastructure is so backward that people look at this area is super backward.

It's not a poor bastard, because the people here love to raise cattle!

Botswana's cattle are still completely pollution-free and naturally raised, so many of them are exported and are widely welcomed by European countries. In fact, the chiefs are not short of money, and they have gotten rid of the primitive state of existence of a few decades ago.

Of course, it is only "getting rid of" -- a broken road, electricity is equal to nothing, and in order to raise cattle, the semi-desert areas where people have to drive cattle to migrate in the dry season are not much better than modernization.

For example, now, although Chief Uvaru and the two tribal helpers who came with him are wearing the clothes of modern society, not the traditional national clothes of yesterday, they look awkward.

Dusty, the air conditioning on the car does not work, and it takes hundreds of kilometers to repair it if it breaks, so it is simply not repaired.

From the primitive society to the "car age", the speed is too fast for Uvaru, so fast that it is difficult to adapt all at once.

Then, Zhang Nan saw that a large rhino horn with a length of one meter and two was moved down from the car, and Uvaru specially came to deliver the rhinoceros horn promised yesterday.

Originally, he still wanted to use rhino horn as a scepter, but when he saw this rhino horn, which was one in a hundred, Zhang Nan immediately dispelled his original idea: making it into a scepter would be a waste to the extent of evil!

Uvaru didn't stay to finish his meal, and soon left, and there was still something going on in his tribe. However, Zhang Nan didn't let people give anything in vain: they chatted for half an hour and promised to build a few more underground cisterns for his tribe.

In the dry season, there is a shortage of water, and even if there is a well, you are worried about problems with pumps and generators, but with an underground reservoir, you are really relieved.

The chiefs have money, so why can't they get underground cisterns?

Stingy?

Alice has this question, and is a little worried that these locals will treat Zhang Nan as the wronged leader.

Zhang Nan understands the reason.

"They didn't build a house or a water cellar, and if they didn't land the original cistern, it was actually a cellar.

Botswana's engineering team is basically controlled by white people, and the tribes here do not like to deal with them, and the labor and profit margins of white companies are very high.

As for the engineering companies of the blacks, huh ... Unreliable. ”

This is the reality, you don't know how to build really modern buildings in tribal areas if you have money, and that's why the infrastructure is so backward.

Alice smiled, not embarrassed.

On this continent, the contradictions between people of different colors are an almost eternal topic.

Lily was still looking for herself to play just now, but this time Zhang Nan found that the little girl seemed to be gone, so he asked.

"Randy and Mr. Brown took her to play, and she said she wanted to see the shiny stones. Mr. Brown said that she had to be taught not to use diamonds as rock candy, and that she had to be guided if she couldn't stop them. ”

Zhang Nan smiled and shook his head.

Women love diamonds regardless of age, and Lily loves those shiny things, but for a laughable reason.

Two days ago, the camp took out a small plate of rough stones, but Lily, who was sitting in Zhang Nan's arms, was quick to take out a rough stone of about five or six carats from the plate and stuffed it into her mouth.

Fortunately, Zhang Nan's eyes were quick and snatched it out of the villain's mouth.

Although there was no problem with swallowing, Zhang Nan was afraid of bursting her "sharp" little teeth.

Lily was upset and felt that her uncle was not getting along with her - he even snatched her candy to eat!

The 8-sided rough diamond looks like rock candy.

What, there is no rock sugar in the United States?

The Chinese community has verified that Zhang Nan likes to stew white fungus with rock sugar in the summer, and Lily has seen rock candy in her own car, and she loves that kind of shiny and bright candy.

The next day, they left the mine and returned to Gaborone, where the last ivory auction in Botswana was due to begin before the ivory trade ban came into effect.