So on our way to Maun stopped at a gas station and I got a SIM card but it would not allow me to use data so pretty much it was useless.

I haven't checked in with my mom in two days so it was VERY important that my iMessages worked!

In our 2nd stop we had a full hour to have lunch and I was hoping to have a mascom store (cell carrier)  nearby but we didn't. I went to a restaurant used the bathroom and asked one of the waitresses where  the mascom store was and she said it was far but I could get a taxi... Mmmmm... My head was spinning... Should I go? Should I not? I have 40 mins... Will I be on time? I don't have Janet's cell if I get lost... Should I go? Should I not? What if I don't have time later today and tomorrow I'm in the wild camping... Ok Andrea, GO!!!!

I smiled at the parking guard and asked him how to get to mascom (just to corroborate what the waitress said) and then he got me a cab.

I looked at the cab driver and said "old mall... 4 pula" and smiled... He said come in, I said hi, how's your day, small talk blah blah we talked about El Salvador and where he is from (500km from Maun) he gave me tips on how to get a cab and what to say to get back...I loved it, find it so energizing to get to know other people even for a 5min cab ride!

Once I got to Mascom store it was packed, the guard said "30min wait" holy moly!!! I don't have time! Saw another store next to it for cellphone, same thing! Huge line.... "Think fast Andrea, think fast" so I decided to get a different SIM card and give it a try... I ran to the other side of the mall to a store that was very random but they sold card. I explained the whole thing about my phone to two ladies and they smiles at me and said "you have to talk to her" and pointed to the other lady. Ahhhh... I really felt like I was a contestant in the Amazing Race... Then I explained the whole thing again and I said "if I get an orange SIM card will my data work?!?" And she said "maybe".... Ahhh anyway, I got one and I just had to run!!!!

Getting a taxi back was kind of challenge! Everybody was going the wrong way and I started to panic a little... It was really a fight against time!!

Finally, one guy turned around and he said "I called you and you didn't see me" I was so happy to see him!!! Then I said "new mall, 4 pula but i'll give you 5!" We picked up another lady on our way and I said "dumela ma" and then they had a blast listening to my Setswana jajajajaja they were laughing hysterically when I was repeating what they were saying because I didn't realize that I wasn't understanding their English and I was repeating the word in Setswana and the translation in English.

Anyway, I'm having a blast getting out of the bus and trying to do my own thing. I know it's nothing extreme but I love it... Jajaja

Now off to a flight over the delta :-)