Gabarone, Botswana

"We're taking you to Africa."

Nearly insensible after a 38 hour journey, we collapsed gratefully into the piecemeal capital of Botswana, and began to anticipate the next two weeks. At this point, we had absolutely NO idea from my parents where we were going, and apart from my mother's constant cheshire cat smile, received no clue.

A vehicle picked us up the next day, and drove off into the desert. Talk about adventure!