TBC

• As I have mentioned before hitchhiking is very popular in Africa. But there are a few things I would life to tell people who want to be picked up on the side of the road. (1) Do not carry an ax and / or rifle. We have all at least seen the previews for those type of horror movies. (2) If you are picked up do not immediately turn to the driver and ask for TB pills. I can officially hold my breat for 3+ minutes now. (3) Sometimes we do not want to pick you up. So do not run into the middle of the road. That is not incentrive for me to stop and pick you up.
• Took one step in Babwata National Park. Yep, just one step
• Was told how to keep hippos away. Simply clap your hands three times in rapid succession and they will back off. Jessica and I have tried it multiple times. Honestly, I think the staff at the lodge are joshing us. Probably recording the hilarity and playing it back saying "look at what we got the stupid american girls to do"
• Killed a lilac breasted roller on the CAMs windshield. RIP friend. It brings the animal death total via the CAM to 3: Chicken, Hornbill, Roller. Near miss with a donkey early in the trip, but if you have been reading the blog you are aware of that.
• I let someone back in the state bother me way to much. I am working hard here, and its tough to listne to people complain about things not going exactly the way they expected it. Well get off your @$$ and get back tot he field yourself. I am not just here to do training samples I am also working in the communities doing surveys and presentation on climate change.
• Jing, poor guy, you are way over your head and you need to learn when to shut your mouth. He told Eric that to him women getting a PhD are a species in there own. Gotta tell ya boy, this girl is getting a PhD and it will be on a much more pertinent employable topic than you. So suck it!!!!
• Got my revenge on Jing today (6-6-10), went to do training samples and I made hime do all the hiking while I filled i nthe forms and kept people from bothering us. He did not put his tennis shoes on, because I am sure he thought he would be sitting in the car like normal, so he got his first taste of the briars and thorns this country has to offer. HAHA. Ohm and made him enter the data when we got back to the lodge. Girls getting a PhD, 1. Jing and his cray views, 0.

Peace Everyone. Still getting caught up posting. At this point we only had 3-4 more days in Namibia!