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Published: July 23rd 2009
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. However the several hours of bumping along was worth it to me because of the animals that we spotted, elephants, zebras, giraffes and baboons. Still it felt good to disconnect my knees from my chin and leave the cramped quarters, nodding an acknowledgement to the sticker posted at the front of the road weary, sun-baked khombi which read, “Don’t worry, we will take you
home. Just relax and enjoy the ride.”
I was only in Kasane for a few days, but during that time, I enjoyed meeting some of the local people as well as other Peace Corps volunteers. The highlight of the trip was an afternoon Chobe River tour on a pontoon boat. The weather was perfect and the wildlife was out in abundance. The photos tell the rest of the story.
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marie
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Amazing!
Wow!! What an amazing thing to be able to see!! How wonderful!