Yes, I'm not trying to discourage, just prepare you. I took, the bus from JHB to WHK, but when I went from Maun to JHB (after having been there for a while) I hitch hiked. Nothing like sleeping in a tent in the Kalahari, wondering if you'll get a ride the next day, or where you'll find water. But after having pushed taxi's out of the way in order to get from one place to the next, or been the only one on the bus with tools (trusty leatherman) to fix a broken hose on the engine... and and and, you look at "le metro" differently.