Not massively inspiring, in truth. It was very much a transit day, from Chobe River to Maun, 380 miles or so. The roads were very compliant, straight, well-surfaced, fairly pothole-free and empty. Gary got us along fairly quickly, and we arrived in Maun not long after 1400. It is very noticeable that the roads infrastructure, as well as the commercial infrastructure, is improving hand over fist the further south we go.
There was an optional extra on offer, and six took it up. A flight in a seven-seater took them over the Okavanga Delta, as a scene-setting precursor to the area we will be setting off to during the next few days. Quite a nice one-hour option for those with $120 and decent eyesight. As I've banged on about before, no point my going and being unable to appreciate anything. In any case, today was one of those days when a sore eye caused the right lens to be left out. I doubt I'd even have been able to see the plane.
The non-flying three went in the truck to the campground instead, got a few tents up and checked out the pool. Room upgrades were available, but perhaps a little too pricey for what they offered.
I forgot to mention yesterday that we had also seen painted wild dogs on the morning game drive. Quite a coup, apparently.
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