Friday, October 9, 2009

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Its so hot here. We have lows in the dead of night at like 70. Then there is the day with a blazing sun, its hot. I will probably have trouble surviving the spring that i get back to Minnesota at the rate its going. I will enjoy a cool breeze though, not this 300+ days of sun a year. Other then that my fun trip to the Zambian embassy to get a three year visa went well. I have also made my first travel plans. I think I'm going to spend X-mas down in Cape Town. Then take off some time in earlier Feb to go up to Zambia and see Katers. Other then those plans just work and work and heat.

Oh and just for Gma, like i said before hitch hiking is the safest transport here. I went over this before but here are the pros to hitchhiking- Sometimes the ride is free and they even buy you candy bars and drinks, driving quality is generally better, the trucks and cars and in better condition. and they leave. Cons- you need to find one. Pros to the public transportation here............... they always leave from the same spot and everyone knows where that is. Sometimes they may not leave that day cause they take a mini van and refuse to leave until they have stuffed like 16 people in it. They drive long hours, in the most beat up cars, (think the blue sable, after being junked still probably better then a lot of combi's) many drink and drive, well this list could go on forever so back to the pro's of hitch hiking. Namibia has one of the highest wealth disparities in the world and that means only the really wealthy have cars. That means only important people in nice new government cars or who can afford it drive (unless its a local taxi or combi that's where cars go when they are useless). So hitch hiking leaves me getting rides in new 2009-2010, cars, some vol's have got picked up by new BMW's i got a land Rover last week, Ros Royce, it happens and the people are nice and educated. Really no down side (other then my english skills that continue to tank).

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