8th June......

    It was an early start this morning for the next phase of our journey. The traffic in Johannesburg has been pretty horrendous on some of the drives we've had so we allowed plenty of time to get to the airport. There was hardly any cars today so we had a long wait!         

 Our flight to Maun in the North of Botswana went without a hitch despite a 15 minute stopover in the capitol which had to include immigration and picking up our bags!! I suppose the fact there is only one arrival and departure around that time helped. We were met at the airport by our Safari personnel. We have one night in a quiet lodging by the river that is slowly increasing in size every day due to the tropical rains of Angola.....a long way North. They are worried their will not be as much this year. The town of Maun is small and a very spread out affair. No walking here the lady said so that stymied any thought of stretching the legs a bit. The taxi came and despite an interesting complete cut across a corner in the dark got us the 7 km for 50Pula (about $5)  to a Sports Bar for a pizza, 2 beers and dessert for $26. Now we are well rested, awaking to all sorts of interesting sounds......lots of birds and a donkey. We are waiting in anticipation for our Guide to arrive and take us on a 6 day camping safari. A few more photos then I am sure.