Wednesday, February 22, 2006
The Mixed Blessing of Arriving in Namibia.
This is just a quick note to alert the reading public that we have safely reached Namibia. From this point onward, road conditions are wonderful and infrastructure works--at least until East Africa. We have a telephone number: 081 209 0469 and hope to hear from anyone who wants to remind us of family or friendship.
Tomorrow or the next day I'll try to post something that gives a vague idea of what Angolans are dealing with and the shockingly abrupt rather ugly transition into Namibia, which looks, at least in the north, exactly like a flat middle western American suburb. Exactly: brand names, bland shop fronts, nothing made of corrugate or burlap international aid sacks, clothing that appears to have been owned only once, well fed white people, cars with nothing tied to the roof (except for ours) and expensive things. I doubt that there is more culture shock available anywhere in the diverse world of African overland border crossings.
This is just a quick note to alert the reading public that we have safely reached Namibia. From this point onward, road conditions are wonderful and infrastructure works--at least until East Africa. We have a telephone number: 081 209 0469 and hope to hear from anyone who wants to remind us of family or friendship.
Tomorrow or the next day I'll try to post something that gives a vague idea of what Angolans are dealing with and the shockingly abrupt rather ugly transition into Namibia, which looks, at least in the north, exactly like a flat middle western American suburb. Exactly: brand names, bland shop fronts, nothing made of corrugate or burlap international aid sacks, clothing that appears to have been owned only once, well fed white people, cars with nothing tied to the roof (except for ours) and expensive things. I doubt that there is more culture shock available anywhere in the diverse world of African overland border crossings.
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