OCT

We have been working in OCT. The first village we worked at was called Eretsha, which I am sure 99.99% of the world has never heard of. I thought our first community was poor but that was nothing compared to what we have seen. People that make 0 a year, live purely off their crops and if those fail they don't eat. Period. Makes our petty arguments at camp about food and water seem pathetic. Speaking of those arguments.....food is at a minimum around our camp. We have had no protein in 2 days and it is making us a bit cranky. Not to mention we have a lazy SOB guide / translator. But no complaining allowed on the blog so.....

Our campsite while rural, meaning no warm water or electricity, is steps away form the okavango river. How many people get to say they camped or took a ferry across the delta? Pretty amazing. Its also amazing that people in our group can see this and yet complain the entire time. No names listed but the name rhymes with ring. LOL. Guess that gives the answer away.

We have had great research assistants in Eretsha. It is always hard to guage the first day who will work well with out situation. I can just imagine if someone came to our house and asked me to take a 1 hour survey on my livelihood. I would probably tell them to scram.

We can hear the hippo everyday but he has yet to make an appearance. No croc sightings as well. I hear that hippos are the most aggressive of all the wildlife we will see, so I am pretty good with the fact that we have not seen any.

Remember all these are old postings that I have had stored on my computer until I got internet access. Sorry bout that!