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 | Chobe National Park Boat Trip
2009-07-01, Chobe National Park, Botswana. By: rmalone | | We love Chobe National Park, and one of its gateways, Kasane, Botswana.
When in Kasane we highly rec taking a river game drive. Such wonderful wildlife, and a cool way to view it!
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 | Malawi!
2009-03-19, Kasane, Botswana. By: nimbus | | Sounds like the job at Lilongwe Wildlife Centre in Malawi is a go!! More details soon...
I'll be beginning the seemingly never-ending trip back to the U.S. in a few days. Gonna be heading to Victo... |
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| Heading home soon...
2009-03-19, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | So I haven't written a blog in quite some time, I thought, I had better catch up. Not much has really been happening. A couple weeks ago, we were invited to go on an over night camping safari into the... |
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 | Ch-ch-ch-changes...
2009-03-03, Kasane, Botswana. By: nimbus | | Wow, what an awesome weekend. A friend of ours works for a local luxury safari company. We got a last minute phone call on Friday night - there had been 4 people booked on a 2 night safari into Chobe ... |
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| walking...
2009-02-03, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | This is just a short little blog, cause I have something that I want to explain.... I know that I have already mentioned this scenario a few times now, but I have to talk about it at least one more ti... |
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 | We're official!
2009-01-29, Kasane, Botswana. By: nimbus | | Finally yesterday, after 4 months of frustration, paperwork and red tape, Jason and I were granted official residency in Botswana. What a relief to not have to worry about leaving the country to renew... |
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| Just another day in Kasane
2009-01-27, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | I remember when I first arrived here in Botswana and went out into the bush to do field work with Pete. Mishell and I both were scared of what might be out there that wants to kill us or eat us... Th... |
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 | Cobras, cobras everywhere
2009-01-23, Kasane, Botswana. By: nimbus | | Yesterday we got another snake call at the office. The caller - our neighbor. The snake - a cobra. The location - about 20 feet from the front door of our cottage. Mark, Butch, and Jason went down and... |
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| What I've been up to
2009-01-07, Kasane, Botswana. By: nimbus | | I realized it has been a while since I have written a detailed blog, so this will be a long one. I apologize if you have written me a message or email in the last few weeks and I haven't responded yet... |
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| Holiday Break
2009-01-05, Maun, Botswana. By: snakie | | Today is our last day of the holiday break before heading back into the lab. We had a relaxing and adventurous two weeks. So we did head to Maun the first morning of our holiday. I have already found ... |
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| A perfect Xmas day
2008-12-26, Okavango Swamps, Botswana. By: nimbus | | A gorgeous, sunny Xmas day spent in a mokoro on the Okavango Delta. No sounds but the water under the canoe, birds and crickets, and the feel of reeds brushing against my face.
Spotting zebra, gir... |
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| Gunna go Explore...
2008-12-20, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | So another month has come and gone. It has been quite a busy and kinda hectic month. Mishell's boss Dr. Kathleen Alexander, the President of CARACAL, flew over from the states. She is a professor at V... |
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| Birds 'n' bees
2008-12-08, Kasane, Botswana. By: nimbus | | Busy, busy, busy. My boss, Dr. Alexander, has finally arrived. She is a really cool lady, but my workload has definitely increased, as I had expected.
Unexpectedly, though, she let me know that sh... |
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 | Sooo Green....
2008-11-27, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | Today I was able to go back into the National Park with Lyn to inspect and collect rubbish at the campsites. It has been like three weeks since I went into the park and damn what a complete difference... |
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 | Snakes..........
2008-11-25, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | So everyone is right. When the rains come, so do the snakes. The rain is getting more and more frequent. Awesome thunder and lightning storms shake the ground. The heat isn’t as bad as it was, even no... |
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 | I slapped a monkey and it slapped me back.
2008-11-23, Kasane, Botswana. By: nimbus | | Not too much excitement in the last couple of weeks. Rainy season has kicked in full force. We get torrential downpours every day, along with some very impressive thunder and lightning storms. It is c... |
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 | What an Awesome Day!!
2008-10-31, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | Okay, before I say anything about today. I need a better camera. Simply put… I don’t know how to raise the money, but I need a better camera. Mine is an old piece of crap that isn’t working worth squa... |
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| The Heat!!
2008-10-31, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | Damn, it is getting hot around here. The weather report said 101°, but locals say that it is much hotter and we believe them. That sun, wow, it is intense here in Botswana. In the Pacific NW, where I ... |
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| Field work
2008-10-23, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | Today, I spent the first part of the day working on making more squeeze boards for the mongoose traps. They are for when a mongoose gets trapped, we are able to confine the mongoose into a much smalle... |
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| Two weeks and counting
2008-10-21, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | Well, I cannot believe that we have been here for over two weeks now. Life here in Africa is way different, for sure. This is my first time out of the United States. And just so happens that my first... |
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 | Love your life...please.
2008-10-21, Kasane, Botswana. By: nimbus | | In my travels around the world, I have seen much poverty and hardship. I think though, that in no place has it struck me so much as it has here in Africa. In many nearby villages, people have no runni... |
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| Settling in...
2008-10-15, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | We, or I should say, I got my first real taste of how life works in a third world country…. Slow and difficult. Just trying to get simple tasks done, like errands, basically takes all day and brings... |
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| Catchin' mongooses.
2008-10-13, Kasane, Botswana. By: nimbus | | The alarm goes off at 4:15am and we’re off to catch mongooses. Pete has discovered a previously unknown troop, and our plan is to trap them, do physical exams, draw blood, record weight and measuremen... |
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| First time into the Chobe National Park
2008-10-13, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | We got up at the wee hours of the morning on Saturday with the intentions of going into the Chobe National Park, but we got a text from Pete. He was gunna take us into the park, but he had a change of... |
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| First Week of Living in Botswana
2008-10-13, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | So the first week has come and gone. I last left off last Monday, our first day on the job. Tuesday, we had to go into town to get our cell phones and residency paperwork. Pete took us into town and a... |
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| Oh crap.
2008-10-10, Kasane, Botswana. By: nimbus | | Yesterday afternoon, running late getting off from work. Walking home totally by myself for the first time here. I hear stories about this time of day. I come around a bend aaaaaaannndd……run smack int... |
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| Day 2
2008-10-05, Kasane, Botswana. By: nimbus | | Up early again due the cacophony of bird songs this morning. Unpack some more and make some breakfast. Salome needs to go into town to do errands, so we tag along with her to exchange money and buy gr... |
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 | Finally here!
2008-10-04, Kasane, Botswana. By: nimbus | | Safe and sound!
After a seemingly endless 4 day journey, we finally arrived today to Kasane, Botswana!
First stop Amsterdam. A ten hour flight from SFO. Really cool airport with everything you c... |
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| Off to the Wild Blue Yonder!!!!
2008-09-30, Kasane, Botswana. By: snakie | | This will be my first blog to begin the adventure of a lifetime. I am about to hop on a plane with Mishell to Africa. Kasane, Botswana to be exact.
It all started about two months ago when Mishe... |
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 | Update
2008-06-26, Kasane, Botswana. By: abrookdg | | We are not going into Zimbabwe. Send us an email about your summers please! |
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| Game Drive and the Delta
2008-06-21, Maun, Botswana. By: abrookdg | | What's up everyone! We have many pictures to share, we can't upload them now due to time and speed. We will upload when we can--so check back!
We are having a great time, right now we are in an up... |
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 | Chobe National Park activities
2007-08-15, kasane, Botswana. By: rmalone | | Two types of activities that backpackers may enjoy in Kasane are game drives and game viewing boat cruises. We have done both, and prefer the afternoon boat cruises because the game is coming down to... |
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