the trip is going well. it feels weird to be on a keyboard.
weve pretty much got the plan worked out so our days are either long, long, hot, stinky bus rides or pretty blissful. sometimes the llhs bus rides are also blissful. this part of africa (im writing from mozambique, and weve been (really, blown) through zambia and malawi) has a lot more of the stuff you expect -- buses packed so full that you see the legs and bottoms of the people stacked on top through the windows, goats and chickens riding along. this morning i saw a bunch of policemen in a truck with a cow tied up in the back. last night we crossed into mozambique (which was an adventure in itself) and there were four guys carrying around a pig that was tied by its legs to a pole that they put on their shoulders. they were selling some opportunity involving it, but im not sure exactly what it was.
we also rode in a pickup truck that had sold rides to people above the cab and on the hood.
and there are tons of people who sell stuff but cant change five bucks. they run around to all their friends and try and get change, or you try and get enough stuff to buy so that you dont need much change. it is crazy.
people are literally everywhere trying to get hard currency. we went in the bank to try and change our money and avoid getting ripped off and the lady behind us told the teller to deposit our money in her account (as dollars) and give us the metacais. it was the first time ive been to a bank to change money and wished i knew what a good exchange rate was. in any case, we got one.
from here, its to the indian ocean for a few days than back to namibia. i should meet with schoolnet soon after i get back and start working a little more.
i hope all is well with you. congratulations to joe and karen on their new baby.
weve pretty much got the plan worked out so our days are either long, long, hot, stinky bus rides or pretty blissful. sometimes the llhs bus rides are also blissful. this part of africa (im writing from mozambique, and weve been (really, blown) through zambia and malawi) has a lot more of the stuff you expect -- buses packed so full that you see the legs and bottoms of the people stacked on top through the windows, goats and chickens riding along. this morning i saw a bunch of policemen in a truck with a cow tied up in the back. last night we crossed into mozambique (which was an adventure in itself) and there were four guys carrying around a pig that was tied by its legs to a pole that they put on their shoulders. they were selling some opportunity involving it, but im not sure exactly what it was.
we also rode in a pickup truck that had sold rides to people above the cab and on the hood.
and there are tons of people who sell stuff but cant change five bucks. they run around to all their friends and try and get change, or you try and get enough stuff to buy so that you dont need much change. it is crazy.
people are literally everywhere trying to get hard currency. we went in the bank to try and change our money and avoid getting ripped off and the lady behind us told the teller to deposit our money in her account (as dollars) and give us the metacais. it was the first time ive been to a bank to change money and wished i knew what a good exchange rate was. in any case, we got one.
from here, its to the indian ocean for a few days than back to namibia. i should meet with schoolnet soon after i get back and start working a little more.
i hope all is well with you. congratulations to joe and karen on their new baby.
