Day 2 in Botswana

Just got a call from Portia/Becca, wanted to give everyone an update on how things are going. Sounds as if they have rested up and are trying to acclimate to the new environment/timezone. I know they are taking pictures of the house/area and hopefully people, so within the next week we may get some updated photos!

To hold us over, I have collected a few links and posted for reading at your leisure (on the right side), summary is that Gaborone has one of the highest AIDS rate in the world with about 1 out of every 3 people (including children) infected.

General/Area:

1. Most places are equiped with some kind of security system, their house has one as well with a fast acting security team (probably shared between the community?)... believe they may have more to say on this later


2. Their Aids Corps friends invited them to a new years party tonight - Believe I have linked to the group they are hanging out with
   
   

Communications:

1. Home phone doesn't work and with this being the holidays and most places closed in Botswana,fixing may take some time


2. They are planning on getting their cell phone on Wednesday when they get to their first clinic day (I tried calling, but no luck as I only get a not available message)



3. Hotel calling is quite expensive, approx $10 USD for a 5 minute call, thus we may not get many more updates via phone until later this week (I can't wait to use my Skype phone to talk to them, $.15-.25 is much cheaper)

Baylor Pediatric Clinic Picture (dug up on internet)

That's it for now, Have a safe and happy new year everyone!