Friday, August 6, 2010

wrapping up in Molepolole

Just one week left of the internship! Times flies. Today at work we were visited by the head of Public Libraries at BNLS who offered an apology to us for now being in touch with us over the course of our time here. It seems that management at BNLS is undergoing a lot of changes, but she made sure to say that there was no excuse for their negligence. That was nice to hear; although I think we ended up managing okay in the end, support and guidance from BNLS would have greatly improved our work. We always went with her to meet with Kgosi and Mma Kgosi where she continued to offer apologies to them. BNLS is supposedly having a good-bye party for us next week, so then we'll be able to make our final rounds there and finish the internship on a positive note.

Our northern travels are still not secure! We still have to hear confirmation of our plans and pay for the trip. This is slightly stressful, as we're supposed to be leaving a week from today. In the end I decided to drop out of the Okavango Delta trip due to lack of funds. I'll still be heading to Kasane and Victoria Falls though, so hopefully I'll get a good dose of wild animals and luxury lodges there. Then I'll be back to Gaborone for a couple of days before starting my adventure in South Africa!

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