Settling in

Yesterday we visited a public hospital and clinic in Okahandja. While the facilities aren't great, they are better than I expected. You have to understand 'public' here means poor. People with very modest income would likely only go to private hospitals and doctors. It costs about $4N to visit the clinic and $8N to go to the hospital. That covers all care provided, including a trip to the main hospital in Windhoek if necessary. The staff we met were very informative and happy to speak with us. Unfortunately there just aren't enough of them. Doctors and nurses are in high demand here as you might imagine.

Earlier this week we got to go into the community with our language teachers and speak Afrikaans with locals. they were very receptive and patient with us. It was a lot of fun. Ek praat net 'n biejtie Afrikaans = I only speak a little bit of Afrikaans. It's not a very difficult language thankfully, although pronunciation is pretty wierd.

Tomorrow is a big day. It's site announcement. I will finally know where I will be spending the next 2 years. We are all pretty excited. My internet access will be very limited the next couple weeks. I'll do my best to check back in. This pic is from Saturday. We got to try many interesting cultural foods, like sheep brains. They are quite tasty.

Bye!!!