Our alarm didn't go off till 6.30am this morning! Yay. The tent was soaking when we took it down though, so it wasn't much fun and dubby hands when we'd finished.

We headed further through Botswana to the Kalahari desert, it was a small transit day of 5 hours today and the whole morning I spent catching up on my blog! The landscape was still as flat as before and you can see for miles. Our toilet stops this morning were all bush stops, ladies to the left and men to the right!!!

Chris had a surprise for us at lunch time if the weather was dry, and it was dry!!! We stopped in the middle of the desert at a quarry that had been filled with water and landscaped. It was gorgeous, most of us went swimming while Chris made lunch. We could have stayed there all afternoon but we had to go 5km further to the campsite. There were options to upgrade but Phoebe and I opted to pitch our normal tent! We are hard core campers now.

We had a few hours to ourselves but there was no shelter or cool place to chill, it was mid 30's again so pretty sticky. Mel, Nicole and I sat in the bar (it was closed so don't panic) and chatted about the next part of my trip. It was really exciting and Mel works for Trailfinders travel agent so gave me lots of advice on re-routing flights etc.

Then we had a minor operations clinic at the camp, it was fun.. Haha. Phoebe's thorn in her foot was first, then it was Adrian the drivers turn. He had thorns that had been in his feet for a week, so I started digging with a needle and tweezers. It turned out he had a thorn in one foot and a big bit of glass in the other!!!

At 6pm we went on a bush walk with the oldest tribe in the world. The bush men. It was so interesting, they showed us the plants they used for different illnesses and how they started a fire from plant material. They didn't wear much clothes but the clothes they wore were animal skins. The ladies walked around topless, both male and females were very skinny and small in height. The tribe is very small now as most of the men leave and head for the towns and cities for alcohol. This is a big problem here but the people we met were true bush men and want to keep their lifestyle and beliefs going.

The showers weren't the best at this campsite and there were mosquitos everywhere. It was all good though, when your friends with the guide and driver - it doesn't take much persuation to borrow their chalet keys to get a really nice ensuite bathroom with a hot shower and lights! Phoebe went to Chris's chalet and I went to Adrian's. That's the least he could do after I dug around at his feet getting glass and thorns out. hehe. This wasn't the first time we had sneaked a proper shower, it pays off helping with the meals everyday!! :)

After dinner the bush people then performed a traditional bush dance for us around the campfire. It was excellent and lasted for an hour. The campsite had really nice South African wine which went really well with the music :) Another Gap truck was at the campsite at the same time and the group looked very different to ours! The average age would have been much older but they didn't look any fun at all. Our group all stayed in the bar until midnight and it was a really good laugh.

Our last night in Beautiful Botswana! :( Roll on 45 degrees in Namibia. Goodnight xxxxxx

P.S. Still having the time of my life :)