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foreigner foreigner thank you I'm too thirsty I want you to help me drink cold water Monty must travel farther and farther to find it every day in myself I don't have a container for water but this time he didn't take it considering the distance he was forced to do a two and a half mile round trip my car stopped running out of gas so now if you can see me carry this five liter container it's gasoline Monty is a farmer he has 1000 liters of water stored in the back of his old truck for his cattle once again the drought is hitting Botswana hard this year look how clean it is not crazy not crazy not crazy it doesn't even leave grass no what nothing nothing it's the first time this has happened to me that's a problem that's why it feels tired alone by this foreigner the farmer is determined to find water he travels back and forth between his farm and the various ponds in the region but the country's resources are being depleted at an ever-increasing rate I have to have 10 liters a day, the The river bed can be seen from a distance, but by the time the farmer reaches the shore, the river water has receded, it is dry, it is finished, Waterhole is all that remains of the once vast river, the water has disappeared, or rather said, it never came in the first place.

For the past five years, the landlocked nation of Botswana has been subject to severe drought. Seasonal flooding from the okavango river delta no longer provides enough water to the Kalahari desert. Wild animals run out of food, making them aggressive towards travelers. It's hard to do. with other people there is such a difference that I must know that they are ready to mate and that traveling through the desert by car is not an easy task. this old sand bushman who often walks this route is already regretting it. they deviate from major highways and in some cases it's really terrible foreigner s these mud trap lakes in Botswana global warming is a harsh reality foreigner but no one gives up fighting it Chidi works for a company as a janitor he goes home every other weekend 19 kilometers stand between him and his village it is not far but sometimes it takes two days to get home accidents are common on this road and the speed of the minibus does little to reassure Chidi the road is far from reassuring foreigner leaves after five kilometers cannot afford to cross the remaining nine in the minibus for the rest of the journey hitchhiks or walks China is not going to be home anytime soon the inhabitants of the kalahari desert would also like to have the right to travel and live where they wish foreigners are some of the last hunter-gatherers from africa in

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are prohibited from leaving their designated reserve um today the sakere and his wife live in a resettlement camp on the sand The Bushmen were banished from their land the same day the government discovered it hid one of the world's largest diamond deposits the newly opened bar on the reserve is proof of this sakeri can't stand to see the young get drunk all day the old man Cazador knows that alcohol and laziness will gradually erase the memory of his people to keep their culture alive Sakari and his wife encourage young people not to forget their traditions the couple takes their nephew Bondo to their ancestral lands for the first time thanks there is only one small setback left the 70 kilometers of desert that stand between them and the promised land are not kind to old 4x4 vehicles like titus's i lived there all the time when i was still young and i went to school today like a long drive to go there this road is difficult to drive because the sand is dry that's why it's very heavy it's heavy it overheats the vehicle the engine now overheats so we're cooling it down now thank you if we open it will remove the water. we'll beat ourselves up so we can cool off outside old Hunter and his wife have sometimes spent days in the desert looking for something to eat patience has certainly become a virtue by the looks of this pitiful old 4x4 if the sand bushmen and their La millenary culture is becoming extinct Botswana will lose a part of its identity and that is not the only thing threatened.

The okavango river is unique in that it does not flow into the ocean, but rather flows into the Kalahari desert, making it the second. the world's largest delta thousands of animals gather around these permanent swamps but that's not the only miracle in july at the height of summer the desert is flooded floods spread over millions of acres water gives

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to the entire region its strange the july floods often fill ngami lake but this year name my name is since the early 20th century ngami lake has been drying up the stream that fed it has evaporated and the okavango river floods are no longer substantial enough to fill it up and to think that in 2011 it measures 20 miles long and 7 miles wide these days this shrinking lake is the size of a small watering hole and its shores have become a death trap for thirsty animals it's too late for this herd that has been stuck in the mud for several days these five are patiently waiting for the men to leave thank you but for this cow there is still a ray of hope mareko is going to try to save her he has already lost several cows in the mud everything it's zero whatever it's a miracle The lake and the jellybean aren't completely dead Unbelievably, Mariko and her brother have managed to find food deep in the foreign mud.

The mud is still thin enough for thousands of catfish to survive. I did not say foreigner and fishing does not come without its risks. the lake only two adults and one baby are still there the others made it to the okavango river or have starved foreigner it's ok to say 90 degrees

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campsite is situated on the ancient shores of the Great Lake and gami was the source of work and food for dozens of families Mariko and his brother and their wives do not know how they will survive now abroad yes in a matter of weeks or even days the mud will solidify and mark the end of the fisherman's work mareko no he wants to accept this and clings to an ancient foreign legend at the gateway to the kalahari desert this now dry river has flowed enough to fill these water holes once they have evaporated farmers like Monty will have to make him pay for it the tankers come and water his cattle meanwhile he is making numerous trips back and forth so let's catch and kill this is not good water is it polluted or polluted dead to irrigate this one just for the study it's standing water yeah , the weakest animals I can't resist it was Heavy cat that you can see the area what it looks like there is no grass it's not crazy we are in trouble like this in three months I am going to die the situation is improving certainly there is a lot to worry about you can continue right he didn't go straight here so it went out so I have too much smell and soft so it's cattle in they're going down here so now they're smoothing this place up Monty rushes to dig in the sand coming out of the car is always risky in Botswana, the country has one of the richest biodiversities in Africa.

Alien, especially in the dry season, when the Okavango River floods the animals. They converge on the Delta Oasis. to feed that does not help the farmer does not have money to buy fodder every day since the beginning of the year the drought has killed about 100 animals he is dying only of hunger because he did not have grass to be able to eat up survive I do not know these are our tanks that they save water yes this is a reservoir for me they drink 5,000 liters a day i need to go to the river five times to make distance for food just for one day Monty survives in part thanks to his wife's little grocery store down the road but there, too, the drought has affected business, unfortunately customers are scarce.

The foreigner is completely exhausted, but he has no other choice. Monty tirelessly returns to the river unaware that the wild animals have a nasty surprise in store for him stranger is surprised to see his herd of goats frolicking outside their enclosure look look down here that's in Sprint and Evan came here and analyzed this and got he got into things it's for last night this one only in the Qur'an this one still ain't wet it's not food what attracted these Giants Monty stores nothing but something far more precious and these trees got in his way they tore up the streets they tore this up elephants elephants just they came and stood here and raised their trunk and put in the water tank and drinking water you see now they are yelling too much which means there is no water here so now they know they can drink water here and that is the problem What do you do when the elephant comes?

When you raise the rifle, I just shoot. you already killed a wild animal huh we're not allowed to kill but if it's charging too much then we can just shoot it dead Monty hopes he never has to he never relies on his DIY alarm to scare them away Unfortunately elephants aren't the only danger that threat. The herding dogs are here taking care of this. When hyenas or jugglers come here. The dogs chase them. The old man has to spend his nights in the open air. He is very heavy because I am alone. I have to bring water from the river.

Come here and let the kettle drink water. Sheep, goats, dammit, I'm tired. Encounters between humans and elephants are unavoidable in Botswana, the country is home to more than 130,000 of them, representing a third of Africa's elephants. The world's largest population of pachyderms plays a vital role in the country's tourism, yet in these bouts of severe drought, food is in short supply, so these giant creatures flock to villages in their fields. after i killed this one, those little ones in Rainy away didn't used to come, yes, the conflict between the villagers and the elephants is reaching an alarming level and this is just the beginning, the ever-increasing human population devours nature The territory of BEAST in Botswana Travelers are very likely to come face to face with an elephant, and sometimes things turn ugly.

These are members of an organization that campaigns with the government for better management of wild animals. Today they visit the scene of a serious accident. An elephant has killed a man. They want to find out what happened, but reaching the town is proving difficult. We got stuck, so push. We have to move. Otherwise we get stuck and sleep here. They are stuck in the sand. A few kilometers from the village, a man passing by immediately alerts them: hey, we are trying to go to a place where there was an incident with an elephant, so with other people there is a little security, although it is not sure what you need . to do is work work because if you don't work and it's going to be late now it's almost five o'clock and if there is any uh a

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like elephants start to move there is no help not happy like sometimes you have bull elephants who are in math you know they are ready to mate and they get mad over nothing little things they get mad when they see you they don't know what's going on they might challenge you and start killing you I don't want to be here late so you can start going.

I'll start again. We are ready? Let's push. Come on. back in the village the man tells us that he was present the day of the incident facing the place where the body was discovered there are still elephants in the area foreigners foreign poaching lack of food and water in the increasing presence of the man uneasy these big creatures get completely disoriented and sometimes go crazy even on this road Chidi is not safe from elephants unable to pay for a taxi he walks home he has already walked six kilometers in the sweltering heat but there are still eight kilometers to go to the ferry across the okavango river offers some respite at least as long as it doesn't break down thanks again this year the water levels are at their lowest the propellers scrape the bottom causing the engines to draw their last breath the ship has gone to the drift banks chidi not surprised its not the first time this has happened mm-hmm fairy hands are washed hours go by and anger is brewing back on dry land along the tail is building in this Now I'm supposed to go home to go and do other jobs like pretend water and go find fire.

You will also see, just because of the ferry, we can queue for almost half a day, and sometimes we spend the night. It's an inconvenience at your job once again. Travelers have to spend the night Under the stars early the next morning the ferry is salvaged and a new one carries out the job Chinese is Happy could have been worse sadly faith in entrenched belief will not cover the taxi fare for the last eight kilometers of their journey um foreigner foreigner foreigner desert the sand The bushmen are also crawling the old 4x4 that takes them to their ancestral land constantly overheats the driver called the engine every half hour but for the old hunter his wife and his nephew no matter how long they take as long as they get there at the end is um since 1997 foreigner the Botswana government justifies its actions by claiming that the Sand Bushmen way of life had become incompatible with thesavannah-filled wildlife conservancy knows the real reason lies in the discovery of a diamond reserve on their territory today they are confined to living camps and hunting are prohibited today we were entering the gathering and we used to go out and find food so here you only eat when we have money if you don't have money you are always hungry this is the case of security he still doesn't understand why they have been banned from hunting returning to their land the sand people are defying the government and they still haven't completed their trip after two hours on the road they have covered no more than 35 kilometers of the total 43 and to make matters worse the engine cooler has fallen off the bolts again the bolt is out so i want to use this rope to tie it on abroad, the car sets off once again, but his chances of getting there have been compromised after nearly 29 hours of walking Chidi finally arrives home divorced from his wife his grandmother takes care of his children abroad will make the trip again with the same unwavering courage with the sand bushman the ride has gotten worse i think now it's coming next week supposedly jeff had a problem now there's a sound coming from the um this time it's not a problem with the engine cooler this breakdown is much worse foreign foreigner has enough energy to retrieve them the old hunter does not give up easily the next morning he takes his nephew to the savannah to pass on the secrets of his culture as his father did for him foreigner is teaching him how to catch a wild animal without having to hunting it down in just a few minutes creates a trap the sand people are fighting to keep their tradition alive and this is not the only challenge in Botswana another battle against global warming has started in this country where most of the economy depends on the okavango river the locals fight every day Against the Impossible finding among all the resources that nature can no longer provide foreigners foreigners