When you travel to foreign countries it is inevitable that you will have plenty of new experiences and come to a deeper level of cultural understanding by trying new things and going out of your comfort zone. Trying bokdrol spoeg or kudu dung spitting when I was recently in Botswana hits all of these points!

Back in August I flew from Cape Town to southern Botswana to visit the staff and volunteers on our Conservation program for a couple of days. I was expecting to travel through a stunning landscape, see some wild animals and observe as much of this exciting new program as I could, all of which I was able to do. But I was not expecting bokdrol spoeg which is roughly translates as kudu dung spitting and within the Afrikaans community it is indeed considered a real sport.

On my first day after we finished lunch under this massive baobab tree (above) a perfect pile of dried kudu pellets was found and a game of bokdrol spoeg was suggested (Thanks a lot David!). The basic aim of the sport is to see who can spit a kudu pellet the farthest from behind a set line sort of like spitting cherry pits. But when the dust settled the volunteers and I were shown what amateurs we were by Gerrit, our Conservation Director, who won every game.

Anyone think this should be our next Sports placement? Any takers?

Harry Kent, our Desk Officer, showing his fine form in mid-spit