By Anna Nisi (Carleton College) Acacia erioloba, Mogothlo (Setswana) “Camelthorn” is a direct translation of Afrikaans “Kameldoring”, which means Acacia of the giraffe (the scientific name for giraffe is Giraffa camelopardalis). Camelthorns can reach 17m in height with rounded…
October 30, 2013 By Ema Mayo (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) Our stay in Dibatana has finally come to an end, and tomorrow we will pack up the tents load the two land Cruisers down to their max and head…
By Marina Watowich (Carleton College) Coming here we were asked to be flexible as plans are apt to change in Namibia on a second’s notice. But flexibility implies there to be routine that may be occasionally altered. To some extent…
By Leah Powley (Colby College) Now onto week four (goodness!)—and what a week it was. Saturday began with a breakfast of a different sort, as we had run out of oatmeal: a bowl of the glorious strawberry-flavored Morvite (kind…
By Emily Diener (Macalester College) We left our base camp at Los West Winds on Saturday morning (October 12th) for a “wee little” overnight trip down to Lago Cochrane, which lies about fifteen kilometers or so to the south….