Hello all,
I'm not sure if anyone reads this blog anymore, particularly since I've been extremely inconsistent in my updates.
I'm in Zambia for one week. I was lucky enough to meet a pair of locals, who're 21 and bored (no school right now). They've decided to show me around Zambia in the way that locals see it. Meaning, they've taken me to small rural towns, and cooked me traditional Zambian cuisine.
On the 26th, I'm going to find my way into Zimbabwe (the transportation over the border is yet to be determined). I'm joining a new tour group in Zimbabwe that will take me North to Nairobi. Unfortunately, the fighting in Kenya does not seem to be ending any time soon, so I may have to divert myself into Uganda or Rwanda for some time. I'm looking into volunteer opportunities in these two countries, as I'm not completely ready to come back to Canada just yet. Also, I really want to contribute some more as I've received so much from the continent of Africa.
Well, that's it for now. I bought a new camera, but I'm unable to upload the pictures, so this will have to wait until I can figure out how to extract the pics from the memory card.
With love,
Niv
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Southern Africa is not Africa
Hello from Namibia!
Well, I've started my tour through southern and eastern Africa. Kenya, as you know, is going through some problems right now, but I'm sure it will blow over by the time I reach there.
From Ghana, I flew to Lagos Nigeria, then Addis Ababa- Ethiopia, then Jo'burg- S.Africa, and finally Cape Town- S.Africa. Basically, I did a box around Africa: From West to East, then South. Pretty Cool!!
There's not much to say, except that culture shock has gotten the best of me. I was totally surprised at the European-nes of Cape Town and Namibia. This has a lot to do with the remaining populations of Boers. I visited a township in Cape Town, which is where the apartheid government sent the blacks and coloureds (the latter being asiatics). The people now live in extremely small houses and shacks. Quite sad, actually. This is where the Hausa people live...that famous "click language".
We climbed the sand dunes of the Namibian desert, they were REALLY beautiful. We also visited a former diamond mining town that is now being reclaimed by the desert. The houses of this ghost town are filling with sand and crumbling ever so slowly.
I'm in Swakopmund now, adrenaline city. It's a VERY German town. We spent new years here, and I was going to do some adrenaline sports, but the weather is SO shitty, and I haven't been able to do anything!!
Well, that's it for now.
Wishing everyone a VERY happy New Year
Love, Niv
Well, I've started my tour through southern and eastern Africa. Kenya, as you know, is going through some problems right now, but I'm sure it will blow over by the time I reach there.
From Ghana, I flew to Lagos Nigeria, then Addis Ababa- Ethiopia, then Jo'burg- S.Africa, and finally Cape Town- S.Africa. Basically, I did a box around Africa: From West to East, then South. Pretty Cool!!
There's not much to say, except that culture shock has gotten the best of me. I was totally surprised at the European-nes of Cape Town and Namibia. This has a lot to do with the remaining populations of Boers. I visited a township in Cape Town, which is where the apartheid government sent the blacks and coloureds (the latter being asiatics). The people now live in extremely small houses and shacks. Quite sad, actually. This is where the Hausa people live...that famous "click language".
We climbed the sand dunes of the Namibian desert, they were REALLY beautiful. We also visited a former diamond mining town that is now being reclaimed by the desert. The houses of this ghost town are filling with sand and crumbling ever so slowly.
I'm in Swakopmund now, adrenaline city. It's a VERY German town. We spent new years here, and I was going to do some adrenaline sports, but the weather is SO shitty, and I haven't been able to do anything!!
Well, that's it for now.
Wishing everyone a VERY happy New Year
Love, Niv
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