Odi Weavers

It seems we have developed a Sunday routine where we try to spend a couple of hours outside of Gabs seeing some of the surrounding area. I will admit that the kids are not entirely enthusiastic though I don't know why! I think that when Moses gets here they might enjoy these trips more. Today we went to Odi to visit the Lentswe-la-Oodi Weavers, a cooperative of women weavers begun in the early 1970s. Over the years they and their tapestries have become quite well known. They will do things for custom order and they make a range of items that they sell in a small shop next to the workshop. As it was Sunday no women were weaving but we were able to see their enormous looms and works in progress. The weavings, as nice as they are, are also quite expensive. We have one at home that our friends the Kreike Martins bought for us several years ago when they were living in Botswana. We just bought some small woven coasters, a couple of them in the pattern of the Botswana flag. Odi is north of Gaborone, on the road to Francistown, not at all far from Phakalane, Gaborone's main northern suburb. The kids enjoyed the tricks played by the gleaming sun on the road, the very convincing mirages - of water - ahead of us and behind us.