The week began with decadence at one of the fanciest hotels
in Botswana as Peace Corps Botswana celebrated 10 years of being back in
Country. Peace Corps was in Botswana from the late 1960s to 1997 and then left
since Botswana was doing so well as far as development. However then HIV struck
and Festus Mogae the then President asked Peace Corps to return to Botswana to
focus on HIV and in 2003 Peace Corps Volunteers were back in country. Fun fact,
the government of Botswana gives the Peace Corps more money than any other of
the countries that the Peace Corps serves in, with some countries not providing
any money at all.
After the all-volunteer conference, I was off to Mozambique
with a few other PCV friends to enjoy the ocean and a bit of a respite from
village life. In order to get to the tropical paradise there were numerous
buses and multiple border crossings, my favorite being the crossing from South
Africa to Mozambique, which happened at 6am after an all night bus ride. There was a gentle mist and slight fog,
which in my sleepy state promised adventure.
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