We saw some monkeys!

We saw monkeys! While on our way to one of the local malls Tessa and I spotted a group of monkeys up in a tree in someone's yard! One ran across the road to join up with his buddies! It was really cool. The reaction that we both had was pretty dramatic, and apparently fairly funny because the locals that were also walking on the road were laughing at us pretty hard. I can only imagine how mundane a pack of monkeys eating and just hanging out in the trees is to them but it sure did excite the two of us.

Anyways, we went the wrong way to the mall and it ended up taking us much longer to get to than we thought it would. Once we got there we were quite disappointed with the fact that everything closes super early on Sunday. Well let me say I was disappointed, Tessa was not all that surprised. So instead of getting money changed, finding adapters, and purchasing a cell phone for Tessa we went and ate Indian food. The food was pretty good, not spicy at all but the naan was aaaaaamazing. Probably the best naan I have ever eaten.

Today my roommate got all moved in. He said his name is too hard to pronounce so to just call him Ben. He is a funny guy. He told me that he practiced "traditional African religion". And that he would be walking around naked, chanting, and sprinkling things around the room. All the while I am trying to keep the utter horror off of my face. After letting me squirm for a few seconds he started to laugh and let me in on his little joke. Funny guy.

Tessa got all moved into Audrey and Dennis' home! They are really nice and helpful. It is a little farther away than she was hoping it would be but I think that having Audrey as a source of information is pretty much invaluable. The house is gorgeous and even Tessa's little abode is pretty nice. It takes two combis to get from Tessa's house to my dorm so I see a car in her near future! Hopefully it's a Mercedes or a Land Rover! Probably more like a used Corolla.

My first class of the semester had a no show for an instructor, but it seems to be the trend for most of the international students. Meg (from Tennessee) said her instructor showed up 20 minutes late then preceded to tell them that class was cancelled the rest of the week! Awesome. I am still a little bit apprehensive about the semester for this reason but hopefully it will all work out.

I still haven't had a chance to find the bike shop in town but it is pretty high on my priorities list. There are a lot of trails that people walk on that remind me of singletrack. I plan on using these trails for exactly that purpose. City singletrack. Bet.

Missing my family and friends more and more but I am having a great time and have been joined by the most wonderful girl in the whole world so all is well.

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Mattdabbs on August 1, 2011 from Gaborone, Botswana

from the travel blog: Matt In Africa

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