Random Cool Stuff

This post is going to be about the stuff that didn't really fit in with any of the other blogs. First i shall talk just a little about the food I've had so far.  The very first meal I had at UB consisted of rice with sauce and chicken. I would quickly learn that rice is served a lot!!

On my second day here, we went and took a tour of the city.  We went and saw the monument for the 1st president as well as a monument for the 3 founders.  Pretty much Botswana was formed by these three guys.  There is a statue at UB that shows a man with a cow.  This represents the fact that Botswana formed out farmers and tribes.

After a tour of the city we went and had a traditional African Meal. I decided to try a little bit of everything, and that was hard.  My plate had forms of vegetables, tripe, ground up goat, worms, and other stuff. Most of it was pretty good, but the worm was crunchy, and I had a hard time swallowing it. If i hadn't known it was a worm I probably would have liked it. However, it is simply fried and you can see it's legs and stuff.  I felt as if i was eating its bones and stuff.

So the next day we went to go see a professional soccer game.  The Botswana Zebra's were playing Zimbabwe. It was really cool.  The game ended in a tie, though we totally should have won.

The crowd was very enthusiastic.  Whenever the Zebras stole the ball from the other team, kept it from going out of bounds, or almost scored a goal they would erupt into applause and cheers.  They would also use their long blue horns to show their appreciation.  People on top of the seats would sing songs and clap a beat. It was very cool to see.  Everyone is also wearing white, blue, and black which are the colors.

On the way back to the dorms I almost stepped on a huge bug. I looked at it again and discovered it was in fact a chameleon!! This was the first wildlife i've seen so far. All the international kids took plenty of pictures while the locals all looked at us like we were stupid.  I held it, it was very light and smoothish.

The money they use here is the pula. It is very colorful. They have Thebe which is the equivalent of our cents. Then they have pula in coin form up to 5 pula. Then 10 20 50 and what not.  I love the way this money looks. It's so much cooler than the american dollar.