Heading to Project

This Friday we left Maun to travel to our Project, Bana Ba Metsi. It was a very long drive, along a very straight road which seemed endless at times. In many places the quality of road was quite poor, I thought we had bad  potholes in the UK, I now cant figure out what i was complaining about! But still, it added to the experience and kept us on our toes throughout the 8 hour drive to Shakawe.

When we finally arrived at Shakawe we stopped at a local shop to load on meat and other foods onto the truck before we headed to the ferry to cross the river. However there turned out to be a small hole in our plans, the ferry had broken down.

This meant we were unable to cross that night and head to our Project, only a minor calamity. Fortunetly our Project director, Peter, had friends in the local area and we managed to stay at theres for the night. Another spectacular sunset followed, and we are told they will only get better as summer rolls around.

One thing I cant forget to mention is the sky at night, I've never seen anything like it before in my life. The milky way is appropriately named, it is genuinely as if someone has poured a splash of milk across the sky. If only I had a decent enough camera to pick it up. 

The next morning we set off to the ferry which had thankfully been fixed, from there it was only another 40 k to our Project which me and Tim spent sat out on the back of the truck.

After yet more bumpy road and plenty of sun we arrived at Bana Ba Metsi, there is everything there you could need to run an effective school of this kind, classrooms, a rec room, kitchen/ diner, decent accomodation, swimming pool, a football pitch for down time and so on. I think I will fit in well here and I'm excited to start working with boys when term starts next Tuesday. 

We are currently back in Maun after a long drive last night, it is very dangerous to drive at night as many of the animals such as cattle gather on the warm tarmac after sun down. It is increddibly difficult to spot them but when needs must..

I'm not sure when I will be able to post next as I will have no Internet at Bana Ba Metsi, but I will publicise when I do.

So until the next time, Baroko (To say this you need to be able to roll your R's or you will be laughed at!) 

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