Blogs from Rundu, Namibia, Africa

Day 7 was a bit of a rest day but as usual we both got itchy feet and needed to get out and do something. We started by taking the short bird walk around the lodge before breakfast and saw some beautiful birds and then went for breakfast. After breakfast we scoured the Internet and I came across a museum, a living museum. Never heard of this before so Googled it and found that it is a group of people showing how a tribe in Namibia lived and worked. Figuring the hotel must know something about it we asked the reception, no clue, we asked a waitress who had heard of it so she called their "tour guide" and he had no clue so we figured it must be good and decided to go find it. ... read more

6.1.2014 Der Grenzübergang auf dem Rückweg verläuft schnell verggleichsweise schnell und komplikationslos. Die Beamten wissen wohl um die Strapazen die man bei der Einreise in ihr Land durchmachen musste und geben sich diesmal effizient und freundlich. Nach der Passkontrolle fährt man in eine "veterinary disease control". Ich werde gebeten den Kofferaum zu öffnen, brauche hierfür aber ein Weilchen, weil ich noch Schuhe anziehen muss. Der Beamte wartet geduldig und entschliesst sich spontan, sich doch zuerst die Rückbank zeigen zu lassen. Ich öffne die Tür bereitwillig und sehe schon an der sich verändernden Miene, dass ihm die Lust vergangen ist sich durch unsere Unordnung zu wühlen. Ich kann ihn nur zu gut verstehen (geht mir genauso) und schliesse die Tür wieder. Die Kontrolle des Kofferraums begrenzt sich dann nur auf den Kühlschrank. Anja wird unterdessen gefragt was ... read more

Dear Friends, My friends Barbara and Alan Braley from Fairbanks just left Monday after being here for two weeks. They came in time for our school play on Nov. 2nd, which went very well. We have several very talented actors, and one great comedian who added some light relief to a pretty somber play. The major problem was sound. Our sound system has just one mike which wasn't any use for a play. We taped it to a table, but people weren't close enough for it to pick up much. My job was to train two students to be stage managers. One, Reegina, really took over and did a great job. The other, Hermanus, morphed into the sound technician, while I mostly acquired all the props and created the "house / school / hospital." During the ... read more

Hello, All, I am giving a mandatory test (every two weeks we have to give a test). Since we have to give them, we call them exam practice, because the exam is the only think that counts for grade 11. There is quite a bit going on right now. We had another bout of witchcraft!. There was a knock on the door at about 1:00 a.m. and my roommate, who is supposed to be the hostel (dorm) supervisor, never hears anyone knocking. It was three girls. They said another girl had had some kind of dream about a man in black (with white under it) and when she woke up the man was there beckoning to her. She started screaming and woke up others. One of them saw this man as well, so they came to ... read more

Surprise, Surprise, only three days later. I did get up to go to the store early today and was triply lucky. The cash machine was working, there was a breeze, and several teachers had the same idea so I got a ride home. Today was a lovely day. Really, the breeze makes all the difference. I actually walked briskly to the store. Usually I do the Africa stroll, which is not really any sort of exercise except for being longer in the sun melting. We watched Akeelah and the Bee tonight for the Saturday night entertainment. I had never seen it and quite enjoyed it. But the kids!! At first they were clapping and for too long, so we were trying to shush them so people could hear. But by about halfway, they were shushing each ... read more