Faith restored

My friend Rachel came to Botswana 3 years ago through this program and made a few local friends. She put me in touch with one guy named Knight, who has been trying to meet up with me over coffee for the past two weeks. I was initially sketched out by the idea of meeting this random guy one on one, but after running into him a few times last week (at the very few places there are to hang out around here), I got a good "I'm not a sketchy stalker or creep!" vibe from him. He would always greet me and introduce himself to the other interns without intruding on our business/ harassing us/etc., so when I ran into him this past Friday, I finally agreed to have coffee with him.

So yeah, we had coffee yesterday. He really does seem like a genuinely nice guy, and he carries himself really well. He’s fairly quiet but likes to talk, and everything he says is in a polite, respectful, chill and non-threatening or suggestive tone. It turns out his mother is the speaker of parliament here, and she used to be minister of local gov't and minister of presidential affairs and public administration. He does microfinance and travels a shit ton with his job, but it’s also very clear that because he’s from a political family, he’s just plain loaded and goes all over the place. It was really refreshing to talk to this guy about Botswana without having him be aggressively forward (or forward at all!).

Maybe it’s just an elaborate scheme to lure me into a false sense of security, but he seems really legit and not interested in anything other than helping me have a good 2 months in Botswana. I’m not sure how many risks I want to take in hanging out with him, though. For example, he said that if the other interns have trouble figuring out travel arrangements to be in S. Africa, I'm welcome to drive down with his group of friends since they're going to go to a lot of World Cup stuff. I have a feeling that it wouldn't be smart for just me to go with them, but I'm pretty tempted by the offer because figuring out travel/accommodations is a PAIN.

Crossing my fingers and hoping that he turns out to be as legit as he seems.