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The following day, we enjoyed a quick but hearty breakfast, then a short taxi ride from the Charles Hotel to the Francistown Junction railway station, where we would catch the train for Haliheved.

I carried a small package I had brought from the hotel, and while we waited for the train, I handed it to Sandra, saying, "I had a chance to visit reception, Sandra. Look after these for me, would you."

Inside the package, she found a stack of morning papers.

"For both of us," I informed her when she came across a smaller package.

Sandra removed the wrapping to reveal a thick stack of picture postcards. "What's this?" She asked.

"Just a something for my book," I said and then changed the subject by adding, "We will pass some wonderful views in a few minutes, and it would be sad to miss them," I continued. "We'll pass over the river at Chiefwater, where they constructed the bridges into an ancient fortress."

" Wonderful!" Sandra said.

"We'll