New Years Windhoek style

Happy New Year everybody!

Actually, New Years in Namibia is pretty much like New Years in the states, we went to a club called Chez Ntemba, danced to a mix of Afropop, reggae, and American hip-hop, and drank some beers and cider ( a big thing here). They didn't do a countdown or anything, and besides a few guys with sparklers, and some people on the street who wanted to shake my hand and tell me happy new year, the actual holiday didn't seem to be a big deal.

On New Years day we went swimming at the municipal pool, which was clean and really cold and set in this beautiful area outside of town in the middle of dry desert hills- it definitely looked like Phoenix. Last night we ate at Joe's Beer House ("The most famous beer house on the African continent"), where I had oryx (so much for vegitarianism. It was excellent.

Today we head south to Rehoboth to practice teaching for a few days, and to stay with host families. Should push me out of my comfort zone a bit more and be really enlightining.