Adventures in Etosha!

6am Wake-Up 6/4/11

Our tour guide George is full of wisdom about his native country of Namibia. Last night he showed us all of the constellations in the clearest African night's sky I have ever witnessed. I learned so much about flora and fauna from him this weekend as well and will never forget his incredible wisdom. It almost makes me feel guilty for not having more knowledge about my own country. George always knew exactly when the animals would be where, that's how we got to see the rhino at the watering hole late at night!

Kate made an excellent observation that many advertisements here use real people in them. We explained that in America the advertisement models are usually extremely thin. One of Sean's friends who will be coming to the USA next year for Teacher's College informed us that he was "trying to lose weight" to come to America. Here, when someone is bigger it means that they are more wealthy and have the means to be nutritious and eat plentiful meals.

Today we saw elephants! We also saw a baby deer that was so tiny. George told us it was actually a type of antelope that was full grown called a dik dik.

We came up to the next campground at around 2pm and George and his cousin, Edward, prepared lunch. We went on another game drive and saw more elephants that came very very(too close) to the bus, it was incredible.


6am Wake-Up 6/5/11

Goodbye Etosha! We packed up camp and are on our way back to Katatura today. We stopped at a market where we bargained for some great souvenirs!

Tomorrow is our first full day at the center. I have a lot of reflecting to do tonight. These are the moments that define whether one chooses to make a difference or not.

I am really starting to miss everyone soooo much!