After our trip into the Okavango Delta we spent another night camping in Maun and enjoying a proper meal (the tinned peas and corn we had taken for dinner on the mokoro trip were less than inspiring) before attempting to get an early start for the long trip to Kasane. Unfortunately we didn't make it to the bus station until 8am (we were aiming for 7:30am) so we were on the 8:30 bus to Nata. We arrived in Nata at around midday and were pointed to the petrol station where the buses to Kasane leave from. Asking around we were quickly told that we had missed the Kasane bus, but we could ask around for a lift. Although hitch hiking in Botswana is supposed to be safe we stood around debating whether to just find somewhere to pitch the tent for the night and take the bus the next day. As Jason was trying to find someone to ask what time the bus to Kasane comes so we knew when to get there the next day he was approached by one of the locals who had heard that we needed to get to Kasane, and offered us a lift on the back of his truck for the same price as the bus tickets.
The back of the truck was filled with furniture and spare tyres and we were told to sit on a metal cupboard for the trip. We had been warned previously by a group of overlanders in Maun that the road between Kasane and Nata was pot hole filled and probably the back of a truck was not the most comfortable way to go! We did see a large herd of elephants beside the road and at one point had to wait while a big bull elephant got off the road. Altogether the trip was long (4 hours!), bumpy and very windy... but fun all the same. We were dropped at Thebe camp site where we decided to spend a couple of nights to recover from the journey. Never has a sleeping mat felt so good on our very sore backs.
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