Sweatshop

As we’re still posting our trip with Peter & Annette, you might wonder ‘did nothing happen after that’? Actually we’re sweating our asses of, and not only because of the last of the summer sun. April 6 we drive to Pretoria, and April 30 we fly to the lowlands, so there’s little time left to wrap things up in Botswana. Wrapping up is not that interesting for our readers, we think; it concerns cleaning, packing, saying ‘see you, so long’, finishing a lot of assignments, and, most importantly, organizing some form of care for the puppies.


I could try to impress you all with my recently acquired knowledge of production versus ecological carrying capacity, animal unit (if 1 AU = 1 LU, domestic large Livestock Unit, one domestic cow or ox of 455 kg, than 1 springbok = x AU, 1 Eland = y AU, and etcetera), restaurant menus, garage equipment, the cost of solar energy compared to grid energy, generating income in poor communities, and much more. No lack of variety in our work, but more details will probably bore you even more.


We’ll try to spare you our zillion puppy stories & pictures, but we will post a ‘see you’ braai or two, and our next stay in our Serowe office. By far the most interesting and rewarding job we have now is our work for the Khama Rhino Sanctuary. It has it all: beautiful office, nice colleagues, interesting work, and the satisfying feeling you’re doing something worthwhile.