ISP

Let me first just inform you all that I'm a nerd. but I'm okay with that. I really love my ISP. Last week I spent a lot of time reading background info on CBNRM in general and in khwai, which was so interesting. I've just started looking at my survey results, and my goal for this week is to mostly get through analyzing them this week. I'm so excited to see what I find out when I analyze them, though. I really can't wait. It's tricky when the internet at the internet cafe I use keeps shutting down (yay developing coutries!) but hopefully it will stay on from now on.

It's weird being in the same place for so long. It's been 2 weeks now I've been staying at the same place, and I have about 3 more to go. We're getting to know the hotel staff and making friends with some of the people that live here, which is fun. We even have some favorite taxi drivers, and I have a favorite art vendor who I met in Gaborone and then found again randomly up here in Maun. It's kind of funny how small the world becomes in a country of only 1.7 million people.

It's been fun finding things to do to keep us busy. During the day we do ISP and at night cooking dinner over the campfire takes a while and then we usually hang out by the bar at the hotel (it's a hotel/campsite) or sometimes go out. There's not much to do in maun though. There are about 3 options for restaurants and there's old mall and new mall, neither of which have much. And they're not malls, really; just a place where grocery stores, clothing stores, etc. are generally located. It's nice to be with other people for my ISP, though. we have fun.