Bwanji!

In May and June of 2007, 13 undergraduate students from Northern Michigan University are taking a field course in Zambia. Most of the students are majors in the Biology department, and all of them will be doing short field studies of their own design while on the ground in Zambia. The group will be making a stop in London on the way, spending four days seeing Zambia/Africa-related British sites (Burton's tomb, Livingstone's artefacts at the Royal Geographic Society, the British Museum of Natural History, etc.) and adjusting to the time change. The course is being led by me, Dr. Alec Lindsay, a professor in the Department of Biology at NMU, and Dr. Jackie Bird - a parasitologist in our department. We have made this blog so students can hopefully post notes thoughts, pictures and discoveries to the world. This should allow classmates, teachers, family and friends to share in their insights and keep track of their travels. Not only that, but viewers of the blog can add comments to posts - please do! We would love to hear your thoughts. Zikomo!

23 May 2007

Zambia

We finally made it to Zambia yesterday. Today we went to the falls and they were amazing. We were able to walk down to the boiling point (which is near the bottom of the falls) and we came across a group of baboons on our way back up. Never would I have ever thought I would get such an experience. For all at home I will have many stories when I get back!!!
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear things are going good and you're having fun!! Im so jealous!! Take care luv Whit

23 May, 2007 16:55
Anonymous said...

sounds like your having a blast there princess. By the way did any of those baboons look like your brother. Take care hey Rev.

24 May, 2007 08:44
Anonymous said...

hey jess was it a long way to the bottom of the falls sounds like the trip has been amazing so far.


luv ~emma~

02 June, 2007 13:58

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