http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Botswana , South East en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:12:21 BST Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:12:21 BST Meine lieben ich berichte live aus Afrika Im letzten Eintrag hatte ich glaub ich schon gesagt dass es nach Botswana geht aber bei meiner Uni kann man immer erst 100 sicher sein wenn man im Flugzeug sitzt bzw. angekommen isthellip so ich BIN angekommen aber das war auch haarscharf...wir hatten so schlimme Turbulenzen zwischen Singapur und Johannesburg dass ich echt nur noch gebetet habe u http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-311147.html Well this weekend was boring yet fun. We had such a full week that when Friday finally came around it was TIME TO DROP. A run down of the week Monday first day of work. It was great and draining and I think I blogged on it...but the week got progressively more interesting. Tuesday Second day of work bonded with SAPSSI staff and students. We had made reservations at this restaurant Khwes http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-293310.html Hey all. It's been a few days and I don't blog or journal nearly enough as I should but I'm tryin' There's so much to tell and I honestly don't think I have that much time to type.So again lots has been going on. First started my volunteer work at SAPSSI Salvation Army PsychoSocial Service Initiative and it's been really great. I enjoy interacting with the people and visiting schools a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-291606.html Well it's been a few days since I've blogged and I have so much to say in so little time. lol...The internettechnology here isn't at all like it is in America quick DSL connections don't exist but we're making the best of it. Ok first things first. Two nights ago we went to a play Moj and the Antarctic...it was amazing. It was a one woman show about a woman's difficulty with slavery se http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-290378.html We arrived last Saturday took a whopping 30 hours to get here but all in all it wasn't bad. Plane itenerary changed a bit from what we orginially thought but it was interesting We went from Columbus to Atlanta Atlanta to Dakar Senegal Senegal to Joburg South Africa and then JoBurg to Gaborone....landed at night which was cool... Palm trees dust stone and desolation. It's really stra http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-288968.html Hi everyoneWe have finally made it to Gaborone Capitol of Botswana after a very long journey over 12 hours on planes 7 hours in a bus and a couple of interesting taxi rides We're spending the day here today before moving on up to Francistown tomorrow morning.Our hostel here is lovely and exactly what you'd expect to see in Africa. We slept for about 12 hours last night which the hostel own http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-282876.html DumelaWe are now officially Batswana We have been given new names. Lindsay is Lorato which means laugh. It was given to her by some women on a combi though we speculate that it refers to the fact that people laugh at us and not so much because she laughs all the time. I am Lesego pronounced leSAYho which means fortune. I was named by the people we work with and it came shortly after Ma http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-256646.html Gaborone is an odd city. It was built from scratch as a capital but despite itrsquos modern origins it seems to have sprung up with little forethought or planning. The land area that it covers is vast and long taxi or combi rides are needed to get anywhere. Much of the population live in the widely dispersed suburbs now organised into numbered lsquoblocksrsquo some of which are themse http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-256643.html As I've mentioned in previous entries I've stayed in pretty much every type of accomodation there is to be found during my African travels. I've lived in converted stables family homes mud huts luxery lodges hotels plus most things in between. During that time I've met a great many of my fellow travellers and it really is amazing what a melting pot Africa is these days.Almost uniformly h http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-254324.html Life happens too fast here for us to tell you about everything. So here is the Colesnotes version of life in Gaborone.FOREWORDThe following observations have been made by two Canadian born women hovering between notgrownupness and grownupness with moderate knowledge about the world they live in and an increasing awareness of their wealth of ignorance about the same as well.CHAPTERS 15 The http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-252746.html With no love lost between me and Joberg I got on a bus on the 6th and headed north to Botswana. The ride was uneventful albeit long and around 9pm I was getting off the bus and looking for Mr. Knight. An viola.....there he was getting out of a cab in all his full Jerryness. We grabbed my pack and headed toward the cab. As we were walking he explained to me that half of Gabarone had lost p http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-243813.html Right no apologies on taking so long to write again. Most of what's been going on has been day to day life. Just like I probably don't need to hear about your meetings commutes and what you had for dinner I don't expect anyone to want to know that about us even if we are in Botswana.But over the last month or so we have accumulated some more adventures worth writing about. I believe that Anj i http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-222844.html Hi Friends Sorry for the space between my blogs but though there has been lots going on sometimes it's just difficult to come up with ways of describing things. So for the last month you could say we have reached phase two of our adventure. Phase one or the settling phase took quite a while. Getting everything organized the house the car the utilities marched along at African time. Phase http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-156620.html Hi everyone Bry has done an excellent job blogging our life here but now I shall take a turn and try to fill you all in on my life at work. Apologies in advance if this is a bit more boring than Bry's usual entries I am working at Godisa Technologies Trust www.godisa.org a very interesting place indeed. Godisa it means to help things grow is a social enterprise although that terminolo http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Ramotswa/blog-149593.html Hello All It has been a few weeks since our last entry and a lot has been happening here. We have had our adventures both in the city and outside of it and enjoying it along the way. First of all we have finally moved into our house. It's a small turquoise house on a street that I cannot pronounce or spell but looks something like this Motshawartasela. People don't know or use street names her http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-148099.html Dumelang Well it's two weeks in and we are starting to get our bearings and get comfortable with the city. I can pretty much find my way around by driving though I find myself constantly distracted by the little things I notice all around me that represent the life that is this place. People make their livelihoods by the side of the road. Mango sellers park their flatbed trucks full of the fru http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-140479.html Hi AllWe can now be contacted Both Anj and I have cell phones and would welcome calls anytime remember we are 6 hours ahead of Toronto.Anj's Cell 01126774112008Bry's Cell 01126774111509Well time is moving quickly here and we can't believe it has already been more than a week since we arrived. There is so much to do here to get things sorted. Back in Toronto it took 2 months to deco http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-137762.html As we rushed down from Gaborone to celebrate New Years Eve in Cape Town we had been arrested by Karma police a mere hours drive before the big city in the small town of Worcester and sentenced to a 10day meditation course. Therefore I sat in silence on my small meditation cushion contemplating focusing. Around me were 35 other meditators all doing their best trying not to move not to look http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-136184.html Hi All Well we have made it and are sitting here at the WUSC offices in Gaborone in the morning of our third day the sun is shining and we are starting to get our bearings a bit.Where to start well I think I will spare you all the details of the journey over here lets just say it was long generally uncomfortable and I have pretty much caught up on all the movies I was just dying to se http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/South-East/Gaborone/blog-136116.html