ESCAPE

摘要

Getting There A safari in itself... From Johannesburg, fly to Upington, hire a jeep, and drive two and a half hours to Kgalagadi (Kalahari) Transfrontier Park, which is the size of Switzerland. Check in at customs, pay for a pass, use the rest-room, and drive for two hours to Kamqua picnic site, oohing and aahing at springboks, gemsboks, giraffes, wildebeests, ostriches, jackals, and a lion with her freshly slain eland. At Kamqua, meet !Xaus guides, climb into a canvas-covered truck bed, and hold tight as the driver floors it through red sand dunes for another hour and a half. Arrive at IXaus Lodge, politely drink a glass of water with the hosts, then jump fully clothed into a pool to escape the heat that would melt pavement if there were any.