I STEPPED OUT OF OUR CABIN AND, mindful of the baboons, carefully hooked both of the complicated door latches-an effort to keep out the curious and persistent critters who are known to defeat door latches of all types. I gazed skyward, wondering what weather was in store for us on the next leg of our safari. The broken cloud layer suggested the trip may be more complicated than the CAVU leg 48 hours earlier that had brought us from Johannesburg to Ngala in northeastern South Africa, on the edge of the famed Kruger National Park. With our morning safari and a spectacular bush breakfast behind us, we began to study the sky more intently. Our next leg to Polokwane in northern South Africa was a fuel stop and opportunity to clear customs out of South Africa before heading to our lodge at we had come to rely on nearly universal cellular and Wi-Fi access, as well as in-cockpit weather.
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