Support

Here's a Yahoo group for interested people who have questions about Namibia and such and want to ask someone with more experience than me. Plus you can get in contact with other relatives of PCs in Namibia.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeaceCorpsNamibia/

Staging

So the plans are final. Looks like Peace Corps is putting us up in a nice hotel in Georgetown (DC) from Oct 29-Oct 31 while we learn things like "our personal definition of success" and "coping with unwanted attention." On halloween we get all our shots and medications, and then fly out that night for Johannesburg, South Africa (15 hours!!!). On November 2nd we fly to Windhoek, Namibia, arriving in the afternoon. As omens go, its not necessarily a good one that we are flying on halloween night, and then again on All Souls Day. I hope all those dead people wandering around the land of the living don't like plane food. Or playing hijinks with tired pilots. That includes you, Grandpa.

Welcome to my Blog!

Hello All!

Welcome to my blog! For the next two years I will be living somewhere in Namibia and serving as an English teacher with Peace Corps. Rather than fill the inboxes of my esteemed "Adventures in Africa" listserve with oh-so-interesting updates on my life in Namibia, I've opted to open a blog instead. This blog will keep you updated on how successful I am at providing comic relief for the locals as a result of frequent language and cultural misunderstandings, as well as any pertinient adventures. Electricity permitting, I should be able to post at least bi-weekley. I leave October 29 for ? for "Staging" and on November 1st I'm off to my new home.