There is another American living in my little apartment, Luke, a Fulbright scholar, and he is preparing to go back to the states on Monday.  He wanted to drive about 4 hours north to the Khama Rhino Sanctuary this past Tuesday to camp for the night, but it took twice as long as expected to get the motor in his driver’s side window fixed so we couldn’t make the trek before the sun set and the park closed.  However, Luke, myself and three other ACMers decided to go camp for the night at Mokolodi instead, which is located just 10 miles outside of town.  We got there a little before sunset and just made our way to our campsite on the rough dirt roads.  I should point out that the campsites are hardly rough—they have running water, flushing toilets, and hot showers.  We made a campfire and listened to a Brit do his best sleeping impression of a freight train before we went to bed. 

Wednesday morning we woke up and spent most of the morning driving around the park in Luke’s Suzuki, spotting countless antelope, kudu, hartebeests, ostriches and the like.  We climbed up to the conference center on the side of a hill, which has a wonderful view of the park and allowed us to spot a giraffe having lunch.  We drove back down into the park and were able to sit about 10 yards away from the giraffe and watch it chow down as it stared back at us.  We made it back to Gabs in time for lunch.  This weekend I am actually going to Serowe and Khama with a few friends, this time by bus.