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FUTURE ENGLISH SCHOOL adult classes The kindergarten I taught at for a few months
Chinese Food
CHINESE CUISINE
Namibia Photos
Namibia Photos Etosha National Park Sossusvlei & Namib Desert Windhoek (the capital) Swakopmund Fish River Canyon Kolmanskop & Klein Aus Mtns Luderitz & Diaz Point Brandberg Mountain Kavango & Zambezi Rivers Ruacana Falls Owamboland Scenery Oshakati & Ondangwa People of Namibia Buildings Homesteads Arcaro Rest Camp (Our House) Ekulo Senior Secondary School Ekulo Learners …
Obsession with Fences
An Obsession with Fences 26 December 2002 We thought of some little things you might be curious about, and we figured we should write them soon because already all these things are beginning to seem normal to us. For example, I don’t even blink an eye when a woman walks to the Cuca shop carrying …
Omege, our village
Omege, Our Village 3 November 2002 “Since I survived that year,” he always said, “I shall survive anything.” He put it down to his inflexible will. —Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Omege I don’t even know where to begin. When I wrote last, it was from the Rural Development Center in Ongwediva. Everything …
Namibia
HOME | Namibia photos | letters by topic | extras | Peace Corps Namibia Contrasting Beautiful, Namibia Letters and photos from our two years as Peace Corps volunteers teaching in northern Namibia Omege Village Omege Learners Owamboland Scenery The Beginning… October 2002 IntroductionThere is No Dirt Here November 2002 Omege, Our Village Ekulo, Our …
New Year’s in Windhoek
New Year’s in Windhoek 1 January 2003 HAPPY NEW YEAR! On Dec 30, 2002, we took a long bus ride (8hrs) to the capital, Windhoek. The Peace Corps arranged the trip for all of us so we could go see the Peace Corps Office and the U.S. Embassy. We were all greatly looking forward to …
Sunday in Omege
Sunday in Omege 1 December 2002 Omege On Saturday, we were supposed to go visit the king of Owamboland (the Northern region that we’re in). However, when we all showed up at his homestead at the appointed time, he was not there. He had gone to Windhoek for some emergency meeting. I was hoping to …
There is no dirt here
There is no dirt here 29 -30 October 2002 Tuesday Night (Ongwediva) What can I write? I am in Africa! Everything is so different here that I cannot for one moment forget where I am. But I still feel as though I am not really here; I am just looking at pictures out of a …
A Namibian Wedding
A Namibian Wedding 22 December 2002 On Saturday, yesterday, we went to a traditional wedding out in the middle of nowhere. We took the Oshakati main road east to Ondongwa, then turned north on a smaller (but still paved) road, then, after a while, we turned west onto the sand and drove through the bush …