A weekend in Botswana

Hello to all!
So we've survived our first weekend in Botswana with a few adventures to speak of...
Friday night we walked down to the "main mall" which is what we suspect to be the downtown area of Gaborone. It's interesting...more supermarkets, fast food joints, and random stores but interspersed with taller buildings some of which look pretty modern. For readers of the Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency, this area holds the famous President's Hotel where the Mma. often has tea. It's where we catch safe cabs home. There are some outdoor vendors which were told is the closest to a market that Gaborone has. Bummer since I was really looking forward to shopping at an African market. Maybe in South Africa...
Saturday we woke early to hunt down a cell phone after revealing the mysteriously disappearing phone that should be at our guest house. We figured if we wanted to communicate with anyone--here or at home--we'd better take matters into our own hands. We then visited the national museum of Botswana and learned some about the geological and political history of the area as well as the environment and animals. Not the most high tech. place, but cool anyway. We also learned about the main square model, or the kgola, of the villages here where the chiefs sit and hold court and hear complaints or input from local village members. Our Saturday night began well...with a bbq birthday party at one of the Baylor doctors families. The end got a bit more adventuresome as we got locked out of our house. Not cool. Several cups of tea and a scrabble game later (at the home of a kind supporter) we finally got back into our house.

More on our Sunday activities...
I'm off to Setswana classes.
-Kate