Thompson, the border magician, got our passports stamped at the Botswana customs office by bypassing the huge line from a tour bus from Denmark. Next stop, entering Zimbabwe, he also must have known someone because we were out of there before the crowds. We just changed busses rather than have to drive the bus from Botsawana into Zimbabwe which is another stack of paperwork.
We never really did anything in Zambia, we were just passing through. But I have my passport stamped and even a Visa from Zambia.
We stopped off at the Sprayview Hotel in Vic Falls and met up with some other OAT travelers who also come to Vic Falls, maybe on a different itinerary. One of the couples, we were told, were going to keep traveling and not get home until July 8th! Well we were too! They are on our ship! We didn't get to meet them because they were busy with activities. It seems they may also be taking an OAT India trip as well, however they will be following us and not in our group, unfortunately. We will be anxious to meet them and compare notes.
Our flight to Jo-burg was uneventful, and we will miss our travel companions. Thompson showed us to the international terminal and we bid goodbye. We have an all night flight to Dubai, transferring there to our flight to Delhi, arriving Monday afternoon.
We found a restaurant and had a wonderful meal of fish and lamb. David found a spa where we had back massages. We are leaving Africa with good memories and good feelings.
The flight from Joburg to Dubai was very nice on Emerites Air. A S. African woman with her 8 mo. old baby sat in our bulkhead row and the baby slept the whole way. We did too. We were an hour or so in the Dubai airport before boarding our 2.5 hour flight to Delhi. Two gentlemen approached us in the immigration line and asked if we were with OAT. Gene and Abe are on our tour with us! They also came a day early, but they didn't know it. They spent a few days in Dubai before coming to Delhi.
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