Upon receiving the itinerary for this program, the first thing I look at is what time days start. Lots of 8:30AM starts… cool. Then a day starting at a different time caught my eye… 5AM??? …
Africa
Kanye
Greetings, During our third weekend in Botswana, we participated in a homestay visit in Kanye. Kanye is a village located 90 minutes from the capital city, Gaborone. Each student was assigned a host mom that …
Eid
This year, for the first time in my life I had the opportunity to spend Eid in an entirely foreign pace amongst unfamiliar faces. Eid is a celebration following Ramadan, a month in which Muslims …
Wildlife Exercise
Most of the time, when we our exploring Botswana, we find ourselves getting immersed in the culture. Today, however, we found ourselves diving into the politics, as the 2019 Global Gateway group happened to be …
Gaborone Dam
Oh Gaborone Dam! We have less than a week left! This trip has been filled with excursions to explore the different aspects of Botswana’s culture and other public systems. Today I will be talking about …
A weekend in Kanye
Upon entering Kanye I noticed that it was a pretty large village. I saw grocery stores, gas stations and lots of houses, in which you could tell how wealthy the families who inhabited the houses …
Kanye Village Homestay
During our third weekend in Botswana, we were fortunate enough to stay in the village of Kanye which is about an hour and a half away from Gaborone. Kanye has 45,000 people within the village, …
Ramotswa
In the village of Ramotswa, around a 1-hour bus ride from Gaborone, Botswana, I walk alongside a quiet road basked in golden sunlight with my assignment partners. A herd of goats wearing bells cross the …
House of Chiefs
Botswana is known to have a multiparty republic and to have a National Assembly. The Ntlo ya Dikgosi (House of Chiefs) is an advisory board of the Parliament that takes into account legislations that pertain …
Madikwe Game Reserve
I think we can all agree that our weekend at Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa was an incredible one. It’s hard to summarize such an amazing experience, but this video might help give a …