The rain is two months late. In Tennessee, where I live, we always have rain. No one thinks about it.…
Getting around Maun is different to other places I’ve lived. There are no addresses. This makes mapping difficult and might…
Everyone in Botswana has a cell phone, apparently no matter their socio-economic situation. In Botswana, you pay airtime when you…
The hand-gestured (go left at the stop sign, take a right by the tire place, cross the bridge with the…
It took two hours to fly across the dry and scrubby landscape from Johannesburg to Maun. The airline gave us…
Longer! Yes, the standard copy paper size here is about an inch longer than in the U.S. Funny. Does that…
We joined about 12 other passengers waiting at Air Botswana’s bright and airy gate for Maun. The doors were open…
We were the last ones off the flight. When I say that, I can feel my husband rolling his eyes.…
The 11 hour flight from London to Johannesburg was easy. Between movies, snoozing, and waiting in line for the toilet,…
Heathrow Airport is an impressive sight. Its vast square footage spans several stories of open space, crisscrossed with moving escalators.…