Yes, it's been almost 4 months since my last post and I'm sorry. I've been veryyy busy and have just never had the time to update this.
Well, we broke up from gqaina on the 30th November and headed north to Opuwo. From there we hitched south to Sesfontein and then Twiffelfontein and the Brandberg area. We then went to Swakopmund and Walvis Bay and then hitched to Sossusvlei with a tourist. After we went down to Luderitz and met the other volunteers. Then I hitched straight down all the way to Cape Town for the 14th December (birthday) and I met up with all the other volunteers. We stayed until the 27th December and then me and Jamie hitched along the garden route to Durban, in time for a bus back to Windhoek lasting 30 hours!
There's my travelling route, brief, but there for all to see. To hear about the gritty, fun, bad, extreme, exciting experiences you'll just have to speak to me personally about it. After all, my parents can see this blog.
Back at Gqaina
So its now over half way through February and it's also over half way through my time overseas. I have not gotten homesick at all which is a great thing, but sometimes I do think of home and miss certain things.. mainly the food!
Since I've been back, we've killed many snakes (including the mamba's) and even a kudu. I've just been settling back into the teaching routine and talking about the holidays with all the learners.
I have started up a 'Topic Class' where the learners get to chose what they want to learn about, just to help them gain some general knowledge. Most of them can't even tell the time at 14 / 15 years old and don't know where Namibia or England are on a map. I have also started up an arts class and bought drawing books and pencils for the keen ones.
The learners are really starting to grow on me and I care more about them than going back. I will probably never see them again or contact them as they have no internet, or money to afford stamps to England. I'm trying really hard to teach them everything I know and help them to get on in life.
This post may seem a bit detached at parts, but it's break time so I'm rushing and I really have to go back and teach now!!
All is well (=
