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The town of Tsumeb was the location for the second part of VSO training. It is an old copper mining town about 2 hours drive from Rundu and is a tiny version of Windhoek. This old German town has green lawns, smart shops, pavements and even traffic lights. One of the more charming characteristics [...]

Have you ever lain in bed in a semi conscious state and gradually become aware of a persistent sound in the background that you feel you’ve been listening to forever? A semi conscious state is my natural milieu. Some are born zombie, some achieve zombie and some have zombie thrust upon them. I am [...]

I went shopping today. This is not exactly news as I go shopping most days. Today, however, was different. I have given up looking out of the window in the morning and wondering what the weather will be like as it is hot and sunny most days. The days when it is not hot and [...]

This will probably be a short entry as I shall probably fall asleep over my computer. The reason is simple. Throughout every night we are subjected to the deafening cacophony of a hundred Baskerville hounds seemingly baying for our blood. The effect is spine-chillingly awful. It can start with one puppy spluttering over a chicken [...]

If you go further north than Rundu you will find yourself in Angola. This is not to be advised as Angola is still covered in landmines. At any rate you would first have to negotiate the hippo and crocodile infested Okavango River. Only yesterday I was told of a girl who went walking along the [...]

By the end of the week’s training session in Windhoek everyone was anxious to reach their placement and start doing their bit for Namibia. Some were staying in Windhoek but most were going to see the real Africa up north. The details of where we would all be living were sketchy at best. Georgina and [...]

Rundu is right on the border with Angola.  We can clearly see it across the short stretch of the Kavango River.

Namibia is great. We are now in Rundu, on the Angolan border. We have been here 6 days and are settling in well. We are sharing a house with 3 other volunteers, Linda, Karin and Rose. Rose goes home soon so then we’ll be 4. Our house is a bungalow with a hot shower, a [...]