FYI

Mostly I just want to let you know that i don't know if I'll have internet access for the next 2 weeks. We're doing a village homestay, and I don't think we'll have any internet, nor will we probably go back to Gabs at all.

On a few other notes of interest...
I have come to significantly appreciate the magic of a washing machine. There aren't really many washing machines in Botswana, so we have to wash everything by hand. I don't know how a washing machine does such a good job. Especially on socks. They get dirty, and it's really hard to get them clean, in case any of you were wondering. I'm glad I could clear that up for you. It's also really hard to rinse all the soap out of things. So the next time you do laudry, appreciate it:) Props to whoever came up with the magical washing machine.

Last night we went out to dinner as a group to a South African restaurant and I witnessed a really disturbing exchange between the manager and his employees. The manager is a white South African, and his employees were all black Batswana. He was pushing them around so much, literally pulling them physically by the arm to get them to do things when they weren't being disrespectful at all. It was definitely what I would consider to be abuse. I was really surprised to see this. I don't even remember seeing exchanges like this when I was in SA last may. According to KB, a student ambassador sort of person who just started working for SIT, this is not uncommon to see. And if people were to say something, it really doesn't make much of a difference. Customer service is not the same as in the US, and the manager probably would have just told us that we didn't need to come to his restaurant if we didn't like what we were seeing.