Gabs Part 2

13 hours of sleep later we were all in much better spirits and we felt human again. Jet lag solved hopefully. Today (5/6/10) was interesting, but not to exciting. Started with a breakfast at our lodge, and then a trip to the internet cafe. We have internet at the hotel but all of us are afraid of viruses on their open network and therefore we made the trip across town to what I think was called game city. It was a very cool open air market, with a few bookstores (no titles more recent that 1990) and shops. More on the open market in a second. We paid 10 pula for 45 mintes of internal and all of us got to read emails from home. YOu would have thought we had been in the bush for weeks as excited as we were to read those emails. Something about the breakfast did not sit well with me, and i was sick as a dog in that hot stuffy internet cafe (which by the way was also a...........nope saving that story for later).

The open air market was so cool. Tons of local crafts that were awesome. I wanted to shop, but then i would have to shlep that stuff across 3 countries not to mention across Europe. I showed that I was raised in Florida when I saw these very cool large "alligator" carvings, as I called them. I was quickly informed that they were cros carvings. WHOOPS!!! Give me a break I have been in Africa for less than a week

Other highlights of the day (AKA I AM TO LAZY TO WRITE OUT THE NARRATIVE):

• Interesting meeting with the high ups in the Office of Environmental Affaris
• A trip to another mall called River Walk (two things of note (1) there is no river in the area, and (2) this place which is MUCH smaller than Gainesville has 3 malls and more car dealerships that I can count
• Cool billboard of a drunk old lady
• I am finally getting used to the money. 7 pula =1 dollar. At first I thought I was spending a ton of money on meals whn I would pay 21 pula. Now I realize that my entire dinner the first night cost $3, an it was at a nice(ish) place.
• We have not been able to get in contact with Brian Child (one of the UF profs here with us). To which Caroline, one of his students, said "he is doing a Child." We all knew what she meant, but I may always think of Brians differently now. LOL.

Peace Everyone! More the next time there is reliable internet. Don't be suprised if there are multiple postings in one day, as I am writing these at night on word then quickly posting when there is a hook up.