Our tripsand random stuff...

Hello everyone! It's time for another update I guess. We have been pretty busy the past few weeks. We took a trip to the other side of Botswana for a chance to 'shadow' some current Peace Corps Volunteers, Shelly and Chris. We went to Hukutsi which was about a 6 hour bus ride west into the Kalahari dessert. It was pretty cool to see a different part of Botswana and the Kalahari is a pretty sweet dessert to go to so we were happy about that. Plus we had a great time with our hosts (thanks guys!) who gave us lots of interesting advice about being a PCV and living in Botswana. I almost forgot to say the funniest thing that happened while we were there! We were invited to a goat slaughtering! I couldn't watch at first but really that goat had a good life. The animals run around free here ( I have no idea how the owners keep track of their animals because they seriously wonder all around town) until the day comes when they die. Mark took a lot of pictures of this whole thing from beginning to end where they skinned it and everything. I will only post a few so I don't make anyone sick! We also tired the local beer which is called Shake Shake and is really gross! It is really cheap and most people are embarrassed to buy it because it is mostly associated with drunks and poor people. The funny thing is that it can keep making you more drunk after you think it because it continues to ferment in your belly! Hahaha, now wouldn't that be a popular drink if it was made in the US?!

We also took a field trip (I felt like I was in 5th grade again!) to see some cool ancient rock paintings and caves. They said the painting were done by bushmen about 2,000 years ago which blood and other stuff. After that we went to see some traditional dancing which was great. People here can dance!! We had a fake wedding ceremony between two of the people in our group which was really funny. I put up some pics of the dancing but we should have taken a video because it was much better to see in action than just a picture but I am sure we will see more dancing during our two years.

That's about all I can think of saying right now.....we love to hear from all of you so keep sending us messages and emails. We will find out our site placement on Saturday and then will finally have a clear idea of what our jobs will be and where we will be living for the next two years. Check back on this site sometime next week to hear what happens!

Peace! Lesego and Tobogo
(those are our Setswana names because people have a hard time pronouncing Lindsey and Mark so our families gave us all new names. Lesego (pronounced Lo-say-ho means luck and Tobogo (toe-bo-ho) means I thank you.