Namibia

Halfway

This week marks the passing of our halfway point of the time we have left in Namibia.  It’s gone by so fast, and yet it feels as though we’ve been here forever. It’s strange to think that 45 days ago,…

Namibia

Mike Steele’s Encounter with a Sad Cow

So it’s the morning, and it’s a nice morning too. On this nice morning I’m going on a game drive; I’ll be driving along a game route in Ehi-rovipuka, counting all the animals I see and trying to classify them…

Namibia

A How-to by Lisa Nehring

A How To Begin by sitting in the bed of a white Toyota pick-up.  Look out at two ostrich running alongside the truck.  Then at four giraffe in the distance, a group of heads floating above the acacia trees.  Realize…

Namibia

Ellie Liota’s Week 3 post

Sunset at Wereldsend. Moro! I realized one night, as I turned in my sleeping bag and wafted the trapped smell of myself into my nose, that I hadn’t showered in almost a week.  To make matters worse, I had decided…

Botswana

Species Profile: Acacia tortilis

Species Profile: Acacia tortilis By Phoebe Howe (Middlebury College) Botswana Student Program     They call me Umbrella thorn or acacia tortilis In Setswana, mosu is what my name is Afrikaans, it’s haak-en-steek Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe – come…

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