My daughter Rosa arrived last Sunday. We had fun exploring tourist haunts in Gabs (Main Mall, Parliament, 3 Dikgosi Monument, Daily Grind, No 1 Ladies Coffee House, Botswanacraft, Kgale Hill, Cafe Dijo, Sanita's ... ). She joined me as I made goodbye rounds at Gaborone Senior Secondary School and UB on Monday and rode the combi with me to Gabane on Tuesday to help record videos of the ICT Club learners at Nare Sereto Junior Secondary School for the global dialogue with Stillwater on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We had a bit of a glitch as the internet at Nare Sereto that day was not strong enough to record directly to Flipgrid, and not all of the learners were prepared. So, we came up with a work around of recording videos on our phones and then I uploaded those videos to Flipgrid once back in Gabs. My hope is that Tebatso will follow up in the coming weeks and facilitate the recording of those that were not ready this week and possibly their responses to the Stillwater videos. My official Fulbright program ended on Tuesday. On Thursday Rosa and I flew to Kasane, in the northeast corner of Botswana. In Kasane we took in a Chobe River cruise, a day trip across the border to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and a full day safari in Chobe National Park. We saw lots of elephants, crocodiles, hippos, giraffes, buffalo, waterbuck, impala, warthogs, baboons, kori bustard (Botswana's national bird) and one elusive leopard. Chobe is teeming with elephants and the issue of human-wildlife conflict is front and center. The President of Botswana recently hosted an Elephant Summit with the Presidents of Angola, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe in attendance and just announced the lifting of the 2014 ban on elephant hunting. Our host at Nxabii Cottages, Irene, told us stories of Kasane residents that have been trampled by elephants. Tonight we are back in Gabs regrouping before heading to Maun and the Okavango Delta, in the northwest corner of Botswana.
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Ruth Dunn
6/6/2019 04:20:31 pm
How wonderful that Rosa has joined you for the last part of your amazing adventure! Sounds like you're seeing some wonderful sights and learning a lot.
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About MeA 9th grade AP Human Geography and Global Studies teacher at Stillwater Area High School in Stillwater, Minnesota, USA, living and learning in Gaborone, Botswana from January to June 2019 as a Fulbright Teacher. Archives
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