Posts from ‘April, 2007’

I know some people have been having issues with certain parts of the blog, reading whole posts and such. Hopefully I will be able to resolve these issues in the next couple of weeks but It might work to try a different browser other than IE. I of course recommend Firefox for all your web [...]

Starting this Sunday my training class is getting together outside of Windhoek for our first inservice training which is referred to as “Reconnect.” This is a time where we get together and review the first three/four months of our service. It promises to be a lot of fun with a bunch of people i havent [...]

In Namibia there are four main ways to get around if you don’t have a car. You can borrow/rent a car, take the train, take Combis, or Hitchhike. Each has it’s pros and cons.
 
Rent/Borrow:
By rule, Peace Corps volunteers are not allowed to drive unless you are on official leave. Certainly there are people who break [...]

Independence Week
(sadly pictures are missing as I am still having trouble with the internet down here. Hopefully they will be up soon)
I vacillated quite a bit about what I was going to do over the long independence weekend. While the actual holiday was only on Wednesday March 21 the schools were out for Thursday and [...]

I am having trouble connecting at the moment.  Sorry there have not been any updates recently.  If I continue to have trouble I will have someone start updating this for me.