Botswana

by Jess Harkness, of University of Vermont Botswana Student Program – Fall 2019 Semester It’s almost midnight in Botswana, and we’ve been on the road for twelve hours straight. By “road”, I mean a well-traveled path in the sand through…

By Fiona Casey of Carleton College Do you know the scene in Lord of the Rings where Strider determines Pippin and Mary’s fate after the battle? No? That’s okay. I hadn’t seen Lord of the Rings before our campsite movie…

by Johanna Griggs, of University of British Columbia Botswana Study Abroad – Fall Semester 2019 – Week 4 Our group is almost 4 weeks into our semester! Being forever covered in dirt feels normal, scaring monkeys away from our food…

by Katherine Rigney, of Carleton College How do you begin to describe two weeks like the two weeks we’ve just had? I suppose as Julie Andrews once said, the beginning is the very best place to start. So we’ll try…

by Mariel Ferragamo, of Colby College Conversation on “wilderness” has predominantly connoted a place without conventional civilization, what remains are the exotic plants and animals so elusive and idealized to the everyday urbanite. Since as early as Hobbes’ “State of…