Botswana

PHOTOS: Where To Find The Animals You Love

Oyster | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Hotels, Costa Rica, Travel, Maui, Botswana, Punta Cana, Animals, Slidepollajax, Wildlife, Travel News

From adorable white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica, to deadly lions in Botswana, find out what to see and where to see it on your next exotic vacation.

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PHOTOS: A Day In The (Wild) Life Of The Okavango Delta

Jacada Travel | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Jacada-Travel, Luxury, Africa, Travel, Luxury Travel, Botswana, Travel Blogs, Safari, Wildlife, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Well known to be one of the world's premier wildlife destinations, our senior travel designer just got back from an outstanding trip to Africa.

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Searching For Lions In Botswana

Peter Mandel | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Giraffe, Nxabega Trails Camp, Africa, St. Louis Beer, Hippos, Hyenas, Baobab Tree, Lions, CC Africa, Baboons, Crocodiles, Elephant, Leopard, Zebra, Impala, Okavango River Delta, Botswana, Camping Safaris, Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Maun, Kalahari, Safaris, Travel News

I grab my flashlight and shoot the beam towards the coals of the fire. Two dog-like mottled shapes. Four electrified eyes.

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WATCH: Angry Hippo Charges At Tourists (GRAPHIC LANGUAGE)

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Hippopotamus, Video, Hippos Charges Video, Hippopotamus Charges, Hippo on Safari Video, Angry Hippo Charges at Tourists, Hippo Charges at Tourists, Botswana, Botswana Safari Hippo, Angry Angry Hippo Charges at Tourists, Tourists Safari Hippo Charges, Green News

Armed with an erratic temper and deadly teeth, hippos have a well-earned reputation for charging at humans, especially if their territory is invaded. ...

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PHOTOS: New Safari Lodges In Southern Africa

Andrew Harper | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, South Africa, Botswana, Safari, Africa, Africa Travel, Travel News

The sophistication of these suites and the standard of the cuisine are as crucial to the experience as the quality of the wildlife-viewing.

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PHOTOS: Where The Wild Things Are

Kensington Tours | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Rwanda, Manitoba, India, Antarctica, Indonesia, Ecuador, Slidepollajax, Okavango-Delta, Borneo, Botswana, Kalahari Desert, Churchill, Canada, Galapagos Islands, Travel News

Discovering the Acropolis, seeing the Mona Lisa, walking on the Great Wall and watching the sunrise over the Taj Mahal are all undeniably spectacular travel experiences, yet nothing can compare to encountering the spellbinding magic of meeting Mother Nature's majestic creatures up close and in person.

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U.S. Ambassador in Botswana Takes Grassroots Approach

Ross Szabo | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Obama USAID, Botswana, Usaid Policy, Botswana U.S., Michelle Gavin, U.S. Ambassador Michelle Gavin, Usaid, Impact News

Ambassador Gavin is focused on three core areas in Botswana: youth issues, health and economic diversification. She possesses a distinctive leadership quality, which is to listen more than talk during meetings in local villages.

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WATCH: Elephant Gets Bitten By Crocodile, Uses Trunk To Shake Off Clinging Predator

Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Video, Elephant Bitten Trunk Crocodile, Elephants, Viral Video Chart, Animal Attacks, Animal Fights, Animals, Crocodiles, Crocodile Attack, Elephant Bitten by Crocodile, Elephant Gets Bitten by Crocodile, Botswana, Shakes Animal Off (Video), Mother Elephants, Chobe National Park, Green News

This certainly isn't something you'd expect to occur when you go for a drink of water. This video from The Telegraph shows what happens when you t...

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8 Foreigners Killed In Botswana Plane Crash

AP | By SELLO MOTSETA and MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Okavango Delta Crash, Botswana Plane Crash, Okavango Delta, Botswana Plane Crashes, Moremi Air, Botswana, Moremi Air Crash, World News

GABORONE, Botswana -- A light aircraft carrying 12 people crashed after takeoff and burst into flames in Botswana, killing the British pilot and seven...

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Cancer Rises in Africa, a Continent Unequipped to Deal With it

David J. Olson | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Ncds, Rwanda, HIV/AIDS, Non-Communicable Diseases, Togo, George W. Bush, Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Cancer, Botswana, Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon, Swaziland, World News

HIV-positive Africans have a 30-90 times higher risk of Kaposi sarcoma, a 5-times higher risk of lymphoma and at least twice the risk for cervical cancer compared to HIV-negative Africans. Yet most African languages don't have a word for cancer.

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The Peace Corps Difference -- Volunteers Live With Locals

Ross Szabo | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Jfk, Botswana, Volunteering, Peace Corps, Peace Corps 50th Anniversary, Impact News

It seems when some people hear I have a cell phone it discredits the vision of "the Peace Corps experience," but I hope to show that most volunteers today are still near equal footing with the people of their community.

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Has Peace Corps Become Posh Corps? Comparing Volunteers Then and Now

Ross Szabo | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Botswana, Volunteering, Peace Corps 50th Anniversary, Peace Corps, Impact News

Today most volunteers have cell phones and access to the internet to talk to family members daily. Some volunteers are using Skype. I just saw The Hangover Part 2 last week.

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First Lady's Visit Lifts the Spirits of Peace Corps Volunteers in Botswana

Ross Szabo | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Ambassador Gavin, Michelle Obama, Botswana, Peace Corps, World News

Meeting new people is part of the fun of being a Peace Corps Volunteer in Botswana. I can honestly say I never thought one of the people I would meet here would be the First Lady of the United States.

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Missing Dad During Peace Corps Service

Ross Szabo | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Peace Corps, Botswana, Volunteering, Peace Corps 50th Anniversary, Father's Day, Impact News

On my last day in America, I stood in my parents' kitchen, hugging my dad as he cried and said to me, "I tried to think about the positives of the people you could help, but it didn't work.

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Adjusting To My Job As A Peace Corps Volunteer In Botswana

Ross Szabo | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Botswana, Volunteering, Peace Corps 50th Anniversary, Peace Corps, Philanthropy, Peace Corps Volunteer, Job Training, Making a Difference, Impact News

In most jobs there's a learning process for everyone. Taking the time to discover the systems in place and proving what you can do has its ups and downs. After that initial phase is over, it's time to get to work.

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Lockdown: My First Two Months Of Peace Corps Service

Ross Szabo | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: Peace Corps, Peace Corps 50th Anniversary, Botswana, Volunteering, Impact News

The first two months of Peace Corps service in Botswana are commonly referred to as "lockdown."

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What To Expect In Peace Corps Pre-Service Training

Ross Szabo | Posted 07.07.2011

Read More: Botswana, Volunteering, Peace Corps 50th Anniversary, Peace Corps, Peace Corps Training, Peace Corps Pre-Service Training, Ross Szabo, Impact News

Every employer requires some type of training before the official job begins. The Peace Corps is no different.

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For This Graduating Senior, Deep Thinking -- and Teaching -- Really Matters

Justin Snider | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Liberal Arts Education, Williams College, Botswana, Teaching, Mopati Morake, Education, College, College News

In a few weeks, Mopati Morake will earn a bachelor's degree in political science from Williams College in Massachusetts. A native of Botswana, Morake has been educated on three continents.

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Peace Corps Placement Is Like Flying Standby

Ross Szabo | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Volunteering, Peace Corps, Peace Corps 50th Anniversary, Botswana, Service, HIV/AIDS, Capacity Building, Impact News

Apparently, like the fated flight I couldn't make in the airport, Peace Corps opens positions to more people than they have posts. In this case, everyone made it before us, so we were going on standby!

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HuffPost Review: The Last Lions

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality TV, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Jeremy Irons, National Geographic, Botswana, The Last Lions Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Reviews, Movies, The Last Lions, Entertainment News

The flood of bogus "reality" TV has cheapened the value we place in the kind of carefully, even lovingly, filmed nature films like The Last Lions, an intensely up-close look at the life of a lioness named Ma di Tau and her cubs.

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Thrilling Docudrama The Last Lions Opens in LA

Jay Weston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Botswana, Last Lions, Jouberts, National Geographic, Beverly-Dereck-Joubert, Los Angeles News

Filmmakers Beverly and Dereck Joubert capture a gripping wildlife story that chronicles the adventures of a lioness who has been ostracized by the ruling pride when her mate is killed.

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The Lion Queen

Debra Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Botswana, Beverly and Dereck Joubert, National Geographic Entertainment, The Last Lions, Ma Di Tau, Arts News

You think you have it rough? Try living just one day as the lioness, Ma Di Tau, raising three urchins as a single mother in the open plains of Botswana.

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African President Specifies Body Type For Future Wife

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Botlhogile Tshreletso, Fit Women, Slim Women, Africa, Botswana President, Marriage, Ian Khama, Botswana, Botswana Presidency, Overweight Women, African Government @Y:World, Fat Women, World News

Botswana is one of the few African nations on the planet without a First Lady -- a fact which President Ian Khama says he is hoping to change soon. Bu...

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A New Approach to Global HIV/AIDS Education

Dr. Piya Sorcar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Teachaids, Awareness Campaigns, Drug Use, World AIDS Day, Nonprofit, Aids, Hiv, Botswana, Sex Work, Sex Education, Stanford Unversity, Premarital Sex, HIV Cure, Home News

Given how widespread HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns are, you'll be surprised to learn how little knowledge many people actually have about the diseases. It is not at all easy to teach people about them either.

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Snuggie World Tour (PHOTOS)

Jen Pollack Bianco | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris, As Seen on TV, Australia, Holiday Gifts, Canada, Morocco, Berlin, Beijing, Namibia, Mexico, Macau, South Africa, North Korea, Damascus-Syria, Zambia, Netherlands, Beirut-Lebanon, Easter Island Chile, Snuggie, World Tour, Germany, Sydney Wildlifeworld, Tokyo-Japan, Botswana, Mass Games, Slidepollajax, Emirates A380, Pop Culture, Novelty Gift, Travel News

We've all received novelty gifts as holiday presents, and world travelers are no exception. Surely some "person who has everything" will find a Shake ...

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