The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
Directed by Jamie Uys
Xi tracks his two children across the Kalahari after they are carried off in a poachers' truck, while a New York lawyer and a zoologist stranded by an ultralight crash and two enemy soldiers from the Angolan war wander the same stretch of desert.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Kalahari Desert, Botswana≈ 00:00:00Stated on screen
Xi's children Xiri and Xisa climb onto the water trailer of an ivory poachers' truck and are carried off, and Xi sets off after them on foot.
- 2Bush resort in the Kalahari (fictional)≈ 00:10:00InferredFictional
New York lawyer Ann Taylor arrives at a bush resort for a legal conference and goes up for a joyride in an ultralight.
- 3Marshall's field site≈ 00:16:00Kalahari Desert, BotswanaInferred
The ultralight lands to pick up zoologist Stephen Marshall, called to the resort to treat an injured animal, and he and Ann take off together.
- 4Ultralight crash site≈ 00:22:00Kalahari Desert, BotswanaInferred
A storm brings the ultralight down and leaves the two stranded in the desert.
- 4Soldiers' standoff≈ 00:25:00Kalahari Desert, BotswanaInferred
A Cuban soldier and an Angolan soldier keep taking each other prisoner in turn.
- 5Poachers' camp≈ 01:05:00Kalahari Desert, BotswanaInferred
- 6Kalahari Desert, Botswana≈ 01:20:00Inferred
- 6Bush resort in the Kalahari (fictional)≈ 01:30:00InferredFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 413 km
- Places
- 2
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 8
- Not shown: 206 km
- Plane: 206 km
- On foot: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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