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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 …
Model School
Model School 22 December 2002 Greetings from nice, warm Namibia! I saw a news clip from D.C. on the TV the other day, and I was shocked to see snow and a giant Christmas tree. How far away Zac and I seem to be! I can’t believe it is 3 days until Christmas. On Christmas …
Sera Returns to Namibia
The Return of the Volunteer 15 April 2004 “Okonkwo’s return to his native land was not as memorable as he had wished…Umuofia did not appear to have taken any special notice of the warrior’s return. And it was the wrong year too.” —Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe On April 6th, after a mere …
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving 29 November 2002 “At last the rain came. It was sudden and tremendous. For two or three moons the sun had been gathering strength till it seemed to breathe a breath of fire on the earth. All the grass had long been scorched brown, and the sand felt like live coals to the feet…the …
Ekulo, our future school
Ekulo, Our School 26 November 2002 Ekulo I’m sitting at what will be our table in what will be our new home in January. We are doing our site visit or “on the job training” as The Peace Corps calls it. I can hear thunder in the distance, along with the crowing of roosters, mooing …
Latrine of Babel
The Latrine of Babel 2-3 January 2003 Let’s start with a clever joke I came up with: Question: How many Peace Corps Volunteers does it take to build a latrine? Answer: 20. 17 to stand around and 3 to work. We are, after all, government workers. The Peace Corps decided that during our “open space” …
Fish River Canyon
Fish River Canyon May 2004 “Nowhere else in Africa will you find anything quite like Fish River Canyon. Fish River has been gouging out this gorge for aeons, with stunning results. The chasm measures 160km in length and up to 27km in width, and the dramatic inner canyon reaches a depth of 550m. The early …