One week

So I have been in Botswana for one week and wanted to share what I found to be noteworthy of my first week in Africa:

1. I am able to maneuver myself in and out of a jammed pack Combi without making too much of a fool of myself PLUS I can navigate the Combis so I get on the RIGHT one going RIGHT direction (all the streets are one-way)

2. Being in the minority for the fist time in my life

3. Only locking myself out of my room once (it was quite the ordeal...I called the RA who then told me to call the warden who then said she would send her maid)

4. Being told, since I was in the front sit of the combi, to put my seat belt on, while the other 17 passengers don't EVEN have seat belts

5. Remembering what it is like to work for a small, underfunded, overworked, no office space NGO

6. Realizing and seeing the direct impact HIV/AIDS has had on a community

7. Falling into the "rain gutter" (they are really deep,more like mini tunnels. I am not normally this clumsy but it gets dark really early here)

8. Pineapple and Mango flavored yogurt

9. Finding proof that having a satellite dish is a human right (My IRC friends will understand) pretty much every house has one (see picture below)

10.Being surrounding by a beautiful people and culture