http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Namibia , Rundu en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 15:01:10 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:01:10 +0000 Hello Everyone Sorry it has been so long but I have been busy having adventures My sister Nicki is here and we are at this very moment driving from Swakopmund on the coast to Etosha National Park It is the big famous park. The whole center is Etosha Pan which is a dry lake but it sometimes fills with water if the rains are good. They were not good this year so everything is very dry. Rache http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-786793.html Here are some more photos. I39m still not good at it so again two are the same. Two are in the school building courtyard one at my front door the fourth is three of my favorite girls by their hostel dorm. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-782707.html Hello all my friendsWe leave tomorrow for Windhoek. Exams are finished and what an experience The end of the year at Bartlett was nothing compared to this. So many forms so many meetings so nuts We finished Monday although the students left Friday. Then on Monday evening the principal tried to get us to agree to come back early. We are due the 19th learners the 20th and classes begin the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-782705.html Dear FriendsWe are now on the third day of exams and they go for another week. I have learned a lovely new word as a result. In Namibia one does not proctor exams one invigilates them. I invigilated history and ICT today. One does not get to invigilate one39s own exams. The exams end on the 16th. Learners leave on the 19th they wait for report cards and teachers on the 20th. However http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-780376.html Hello everyoneIt39s been more like two weeks I realize but what a two weeks Not necessarily good just exhausting. Mr. Lee39s wireless was out for a while so I had to use someone else39s computer that can take the cable in order to do anything. That was depressing. Then I just went in to a down period so I was reading a lot and not getting much done which led to a ton of papers http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-777524.html I39m going to try a photoI think you have to click on photos. The first is the main street in Windhoek the second a classroom in Omugwelume where we practiced and the third a bug that lived in the sink in Omugwelume. Needless to say I used a different sink.I hope this worked. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-775235.html Hello AllI just discovered that my Feb. 20th blog had not been published as far as I could tell. I called it the exorcism. However it seemed some of you commented so I may have just put it up a second time. If so there are no changes and you don39t have to read it again.I think it has been longer than I thought since I blogged. It is now 7 12 weeks and still no refrigerator. I am going t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-775234.html Hello all my dear friendsIt is Thursday the 28th in the evening. Tomorrow is March already. Six weeks without a refrigerator but we did get paid I don39t know how much but the machine gave me the money I asked for. It was out of ink so not printing receipts.I have been having a busy week or so. First school. I have done two very fun lessons very cooperative learning. I get so jazzed when http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-773621.html Hello my dearsThat is a very Namibian greeting. Even the kids say it all the time. My dear have you done your homework Well my dears we must work harder. It39s is pretty pervasive once you start noticing. But it does make things slightly less harsh. A teacher can seemingly very angrily scold a student then say My dear what were you thinking And everyone smiles. It reminds me to http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-772224.html Hello EveryoneNow that I have access to Mr. Lee39s wireless I39m feeling reckless. Ours is all installed now but somehow not yet turned on or something. We39ll have to go to the school to use it however because the booster is way down on their list.Some bigwigs from Windhoek were here yesterday. About three or four of them have heard about our refrigerator but no one seems to actua http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-771519.html Hello again everyone Again I apologize for so long in between. It is now Feb. 12 and we still have no wireless. Again I am going to use the netman to post this. I posted one on Feb. 6th but Robin said nothing came up. I tried checking and it looked like it was there. Anyway today feels like a holiday because this morning all the teachers had to turn in their files. This is one of the m http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-771266.html Dear Friends I have not blogged since we arrived at this school Rukonga Vision School in Divundu because we got here to find that many of the supplies were not here yet including much of the furniture and all the computers and the wireless stuff. Still we have no more furniture only enough desks and chairs for the classes. Our flat has only what is built in and no refrigerator. We are suppose http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-771263.html This entry will be quiet short due to the fact that it was a very relaxed day. We woke up quiet late and started with a healthy breakfast of egg and left over braai meat. We went on a short game drive and saw the usual animal except for seeing an ostrich with 6 little babies which look like balls of wool with legs and necks. We came back and spent the rest of the day around the pool chatting with http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-740796.html During the nite we were visited by elephants again but this time the whole herd was walking through the camp and around the tents it was brilliant. but this time alex and myself just slept through it.We spent the morning on the river which was spectacular. We say many different types of birds and managed to watch 2 hippo fighting for territory. Man that was something else. Blood flying everywher http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-740795.html None of us got out of bed in an rush because we all had a restless night. After a very nice breakfast we decided to go on a game drive and i wanted to stay behind due to being sick of driving and i really wanted to catch a fish. On the game drive they saw elephants but the sheer amount of elephant was amazing and extremely frighting and due to there being so many elephants the game drive was cut http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-740793.html In a village called Shamangorwa a few hours fast drive east from the main city of Rundu the title of this blog is the beleif. Well not only in this village but all throughout Namibia but will get to that soon. Up in this area it is definitely not a touristic area although many tourist trucks are passing the main road heading towards the main attraction in Etosha National Park. This small cozy http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-702400.html M Its not often you get to visit a country like Angola so it was with great excitement that we boarded a ferry to take the car across the river to Angola. Only joking just wanted to see if Steve the owner of our vehicle was reading the blogWe did get though get pretty close our camp site near Rundu on the edge the Caprivi Strip literally overlooked the Zambesi river that is the boarder be http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-655890.html Pics of Rundu http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-606606.html Okavango Delta to Rainbow Camp NamibiaLeaving the Swamp Stop at the civilized hour of 730 we stopped at Choppies for groceries at Shakawe crossed the border at Mohembo out of Botswana for the last time and drove the short distance in Namibia to Rainbow Camp near Popa Falls. This camp is located on the Okavango River and we camped on the river bank right next to a sign that said 'Danger Croc http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-539845.html After visiting Alex in Windhoek we wended our way to Otavi more exactly to Alex's geo camp at Kombat where there is an old mine. Alex is exploring for various minerals in the area so we went along to check things out. After that we prepared for our camping trip. We set out Monday morning buying provisions at Grootfontein and continuing north to Rundu then Divundu Katima Mulilo then a large http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/Rundu/blog-532686.html