We have been in Botswana now a little under 2 months, so I thought it was time to get another site back on the web so we can keep in touch with all of you back home.
I guess I will begin with a summery of events up to this point.
We have been set up in a nice 4 bedroom 4 bath house about a half a mile from the Embassy. We have a small swimming pool in the backyard that we hope will be warm enough to swim in another couple of weeks or so. The yard is small but nice, and will be really nice after we do a little landscaping.
All of our things from the States arrived about 2 weeks ago and we have been putting things away ever since. We got all the paintings on the wall yesterday so we are about done now.
We ordered a 1997 Landrover Discovery from Japan over the internet. It is quite common over here to get these vehicles from japan, because the prices are much less than buying locally and they are all right hand drive, which we need here. Botswana is a former British protectorate, and because of this they drive on the opposite side of the road like the British.
The Land Rover arrived about a month ago but it has been in the shop ever since. First the head gasket was replaced, which the japanese car company compensated us for, but now the alternator is out. I had to order a new one from the States because there isn't one in all of Botswana that I could find. The mail takes a couple of weeks to arrive so now we just wait.
Things are good at the Embassy. There is alot of work to do, but Cassandra has some good employees to help her out. She already made her first week long trip to Maputo, Mozambique, which is one of the 3 countries she is assigned to (the other is Lesotho). It is the 3rd poorest country in the world, and they need a lot of help.
We have to go, due to a reception at the Ambassador's house. More on that tomorrow.
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