With training finished and still a couple of days left in the capital, Windhoek, before travelling 7 hours to get to Rundu on Sunday, I have had a chance to find an internet cafe.
Totalling over 15 hours of travel time to get to Namibia it was a relief to step off the plane despite the blistering heat. Windhoek is where we have been staying with the Namibian volunteers. I have already seen a monkey and many, many stray dogs. The sighting of the dogs rang alarm bells and almost every UK volunteers mind went "Rabies, rabies, rabies..." but of course that was initial first-furry-animal-visual-panic.
We have now been paired off with our counterparts - the Namibian volunteer we will live with in the host homes - and our work partner, the volunteer we'll be on our placement with. My counterpart is a very curious guy, Salomon. Even when I had a shave he quizzed me about it until I offered to let him watch. He explained how he's always gone to a barber and asked if he could try and so I walked him through his first shave. Another one of his fascinations is how hairy the UK men's legs are. He plays with the hairs without touching the leg and asks "Can you feel this?". This is then repeated several times at various distances from the skin. Out of all the things he could ask about he chose this.
Other than that the Namibian volunteers quite enjoy touching the other girls hair. All of them are very friendly and lots of culture differences have been high on the conversation. Despite the diversity everyone is getting on great.
Only one minute left on the internet cafe so I am having to finish here.
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