Day 202 - 'Sleeping' the countryside go by

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We had a nightmare of a journey today: 10 hours on a crowded truck with uncomfortable seats and no air-con in the African sunshine. Because of our long ride we left early which in turn meant getting up at 4.30am. With last night's antics in the bar not long past, a lot of us boarded the truck clearly still drunk and were asleep within seconds. After a couple of hours we crossed into Botswana, a rarity in Africa in that it's run quite competently by all accounts and enjoys - relatively - high standards of living. We are here for 6 nights, taking in 2 of Botswana's 3 main highlights: the Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park (the other highlight is the Kalahari). To speed up our journey we'd had to make packed lunches in the morning (not much fun when half of us were still drunk) and our epic journey eventually came to an end at about 3pm. We had a look around Maun for a bit before heading to the campsite for food, the bar and then bed.

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