4/2
Saturday was decided to be a stress reliever day. With everyone just coming back from site and probably so overwhelmed with everything, relaxing with everyone was just what we needed. So we went to Von Bach Dam which was just a couple of kilometers from Okahandja. It was a park that had a huge lake/dam area for swimming and a place for braais (BBQs). We went swimming and had a really yummy lunch of meat, sausage, potato salad and rolls--aka meat and carbs. And throughout the day we passed stories back and forth about our sites and just talked :) There’s been so much to catch up on with everyone’s sites that we just haven’t had enough time to talk with everyone!
And some of us have already started to plan trips or at least get ideas in our heads about where we want to travel during these next two years. It’ll definitely be something to look forward to. So far, here’s my wish list:
Capetown, South Africa (maybe for Christmas/New Years?)
Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Victoria Falls
Epupa Falls
Ruacana Falls
Etosha National Park
and of course everyone else’s sites to visit them!
Sunday was just another relaxing day. I spent some time in town with another volunteer from our group then sat with my host mom on the front steps outside eating meat from last night’s dinner. True Namibia way of life. So I grabbed a chair and a piece of meat from the pot and sat down with her to chow down on some oryx meat. After a little while, one of my host mom’s friends, Mango (yes that’s really his name), stopped by. So the three of us just chatted over a good cup of tea. Not as good as a cup of chai, but it’ll do. Through his patchy English, I learned that Mango worked at Meatco, a local meat company/slaughterhouse in Okahandja. What he told me about the company was fascinating. Meatco exports various types of meat to different countries around the world, which still baffles me. It’s scary to think that your ground beef may have come from 3 different cows from a whole other country. So look for Meatco products from Namibia in your local supermarket! haha
Saturday was decided to be a stress reliever day. With everyone just coming back from site and probably so overwhelmed with everything, relaxing with everyone was just what we needed. So we went to Von Bach Dam which was just a couple of kilometers from Okahandja. It was a park that had a huge lake/dam area for swimming and a place for braais (BBQs). We went swimming and had a really yummy lunch of meat, sausage, potato salad and rolls--aka meat and carbs. And throughout the day we passed stories back and forth about our sites and just talked :) There’s been so much to catch up on with everyone’s sites that we just haven’t had enough time to talk with everyone!
And some of us have already started to plan trips or at least get ideas in our heads about where we want to travel during these next two years. It’ll definitely be something to look forward to. So far, here’s my wish list:
Capetown, South Africa (maybe for Christmas/New Years?)
Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Victoria Falls
Epupa Falls
Ruacana Falls
Etosha National Park
and of course everyone else’s sites to visit them!
Sunday was just another relaxing day. I spent some time in town with another volunteer from our group then sat with my host mom on the front steps outside eating meat from last night’s dinner. True Namibia way of life. So I grabbed a chair and a piece of meat from the pot and sat down with her to chow down on some oryx meat. After a little while, one of my host mom’s friends, Mango (yes that’s really his name), stopped by. So the three of us just chatted over a good cup of tea. Not as good as a cup of chai, but it’ll do. Through his patchy English, I learned that Mango worked at Meatco, a local meat company/slaughterhouse in Okahandja. What he told me about the company was fascinating. Meatco exports various types of meat to different countries around the world, which still baffles me. It’s scary to think that your ground beef may have come from 3 different cows from a whole other country. So look for Meatco products from Namibia in your local supermarket! haha
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