Blogs from Kweneng, Botswana, Africa - page 2

THE CONTENTS OF THIS BLOG ARE MINE PERSONALLY AND DO NOT REFLECT ANY POSITION OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT OR PEACE CORPS. My first opportunity to travel after arriving in Molepolole for Pre-service Training was to Kasane to shadow a volunteer who completed her two years of service last month. Kasane is situated on the Chobe River in the far north of Botswana near the Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe borders. It is an interesting mix of Botswana culture and western style tourism. It is a long ride from Moleps to Kasane, about thirteen hours, and there is one stretch of road where most of pavement has been replaced with numerous large potholes, so deep and so frequent that our khombi driver often found it easier to drive with the wheels of the van entirely off the road. ... read more

THE CONTENTS OF THIS BLOG ARE MINE PERSONALLY AND DO NOT REFLECT ANY POSITION OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT OR PEACE CORPS. Finally, I am blogging again! We have now been in Botswana for about three months and are sworn in as Peace Corps Volunteers. Sometimes it seems that we have been away from home much longer. It has been a continual learning process and nearly a constant state of not knowing, which is amusing to me because I am aware that I was also in a state of not knowing while back home in the States. However, my illusions of certainty and control were then much more intact. Our time here is beginning to liberate me from such fallacies. I will do my best to cover the past three months in the next few blogs. I ... read more