23 November
30 Miles
Bush Camp – Gumare – Maun
Erik:
WE SAW ELEPHANTS LAS NIGHT!!
As we were sleeping, we heard this
crashing sound. Like a car driving through the bush. Sheph woke me
up. We thought we'd heard some people talking in the area the night
before and needed to keep an ear out. It was also stuffy that night
so we had the front tent flap open to let some air in. We looked out
to see ELEPHANTS! I counted 6, about 15 yeards away. One huge one,
the closest, one baby, two adolecents and two mid size guys.
They made the noises, the grumbling
sounds and just kept crushing along.
My heart was in my mouth. So cool. That
was all at around midnight.
So then we rode to Gumare. Easy ride.
Met Jeff. Super chill guy. Unloaded. Grabbed delicious fat cakes and
hitched to Maun. Then we met a whole load of Peace Corps people. We
all then proceeded to drink heavily.
Good times were had by all. And I won
at Rocketball.
Steph:
ELEPHANTS!!! Oh my gosh! We couldn't
breathe! It was crazy cool. There were shadows everywhere and they
were so close. I loved it. It rocked.
Jeff is awesome. We hitched down to
Maun with a nice family. It was crowded and fun. My first hitch hike!
Woo! We arrived in Maun and met wonderful people. They were so nice
that they gave us a bedroom for the weekend, rather than having to
sleep in a tent. It was awesome. They're group is called "Bots12".
They are the 12th group of PCV here in Botswana since
2005. Each person is posted in a different town/village and they work
with the community on HIV/Aids related projects. It was awesome.
Lindsay, Trevor, Jeff, Bridget, Matt, Leia, Maureen, Nina, Charmaine,
TJ, Sharon, Christina, Becca, Aimee, Ryan, Boo, Dominique, Claire,
Tate, I'm pretty sure I'm missing someone. I'm sorry. You guys are
all great and we had an amazing time.
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| Our camp among the bushes. I'm very glad we stuck close to the trees. |
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| Elephant foot prints! Ahh! |
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| See how it's green? And my crumbly road? It's great. |
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