Blogswana- The African adventures of Lyndel: Baby Steps

Hellooo,

Sorry its' been a while since my last post, this week has been quite jam packed and lengthy so I haven't had enough time to do a full recap. Last weekend I went on a retreat for 2 days to the village of Kanye. Yes, Like the rapper! Except I'm pretty sure it was named Kanye before he was!

So at this village, we had the opportunity of meeting the chief and having him speak to us about the tradition within the village and amongst the tribe. After this, we hiked to a see a gorge that was pretty breath taking. We visited another small village reserve called Thamaga that evening, where the women and men welcomed us with traditional song and dance and even taught us some of their moves! Everyone stayed overnight either in tents or chalets ( modern day huts -with beds and a washroom inside). The next day we went to visit the Oldest tree in Botswana named after David Livingston- a missionary from Scotland who came to educate, help treat locals and convert them to Christianity. After this we got to look at ancient rock paintings that dated back 2000 years, these rock paintings were significant because it showed which tribes had made it to that point and which tribes had left their mark.

After this we went to Mmokolodi, a Safari reserve where we went on our first game drive! Let me tell you that was the real African Lion Safari ( Canadian Joke) It was incredible, the amount of different national animals we got to see in their zone just lovin' life.

There is a lot I haven't mentioned that we did in that small amount of time, but you get that I was pretty busy and having a great ol' time. This week has flown by super quickly thinking about it now. I'm starting to meet more interesting people in my classes who seem to like getting to know me as well. I am still in this transition stage but I can see myself being more confident around campus, and acknowledging more faces. I'm sort of hoping I get homework this week.... I miss it a tad! I am also hoping to do some research on a place I can volunteer at in the city of Gaborone, some place I can invest my time when I'm not with students, I think it will make the trip more well rounded in experience for me.

So for now, I think I may go to sleep or perhaps catch up on Modern Family with a light snack before bed! Yes I'm a wild one on a Saturday Night! Wish you all a great week ahead!