But everything has to have a beginning. Perhaps this time around, it all be a bit clearer. It was as I previously mentioned, Tom Holzinger whose three part Peolwane Palapye articles which made me start thinking about the place again. Old Palapye relates more to Serowe and Shoshong than it does to today's town. Indeed the normal way to journey from one Palapye to another is via a huge circle, the direct route is a nightmare. For me, the origins of today's Palapye has everything to do with the railway line and little to do with Khama III's migrations around his vast territory.
Indeed, having come too close to the railway line, he quickly back pedaled and retreated to the distant fastness of Serowe. The railway age which revolutionized the entire world had little appeal for him. On the one hand, he himself had no problem using the new means of getting around but he was dead wary of all those others who were seizing the same opportunity.
