Excursion

It is raining in Botswana! It is somewhat wonderful because it's gotten cold enough for pants and jackets, but it's also challenging while living in an old tent. I'll survive though as long as the hot, drying sun comes out soon before ALL my clothes are soaked. Yes, so it looks like I'll probably be living in a tent for the next 5 weeks and figuring out my own food. I'm thinking it will be a lot of peanut butter and jelly and cereal. This is all because the Independent Study Project is starting in one week, and this is the prep week.

But, this past week we were on excursion here in the northwest part of Botswana. We went to the panhandle of the Okavango Delta, the largest inland delta in the world. We took a couple boat rides to see sunsets, birds, and animals (crocs and hippos!) and went to Tsodilo Hills where there is rock paintings scattered on ancient hills done by the San people. At Tsodilo we climbed to the highest point in Botswana to watch the sunset. It was no Himalayan climb, but a challenge and a beautiful view nonetheless! We also went to a crocodile farm where we saw thousands of crocs. Most were young and in these rooms where they climb all over each other to get to the water. Crazyness!

Ok, my time is running out...more soon!