I’m heading to Luderitz in a few hours! Because of the distance (685km!) it will take 8-9 hours to get there. I’ll be going by bus and my more experienced travel partner in Travis, the PCV I’m shadowing.  The Peace Corps put me up in a really nice hostel and I was able to (finally)…

DISCLAIMER “The content of this website is mine alone and does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Government, the Peace Corps, or the Namibian Government” This passed week may not have been the busiest week I’ve had in Namibia so far, but it certainly was the fullest. Let’s see… We kicked off the…

DISCLAIMER “The content of this website is mine alone and does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Government, the Peace Corps, or the Namibian Government” We are halfway there!! Last Friday (5/12/17) was about the midway point through our training period and it is when the Peace Corps performs interviews to see where…

DISCLAIMER “The content of this website is mine alone and does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Government, the Peace Corps, or the Namibian Government” We are entering week 4 of our 9 weeks of training and the two biggest items on our schedule is the Small Business Workshop that’s scheduled for most…

DISCLAIMER “The content of this website is mine alone and does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Government, the Peace Corps, or the Namibian Government” Yesterday the dogs that my hosts family owns ate my jeans. I wasn’t in them at the time. To be clear, they chewed a hole about the size…

__________________ DISCLAIMER The content of this website is mine alone and does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Government, the Peace Corps, or the Namibian Government. Hi all, As I said, things here would get busy fast, and they did. This week our trainers had us meet local small business owners with whom…

If I said that my life has been turned upside down I would be making a gross metaphoric understatement. But I’d say it as a good thing. As of today (Wednesday, April 19) I have been essentially living out of two duffel bags since the last week of March, I’m essentially homeless, but man-o-man, what…

It’s Saturday, April 15. I am sitting in the covered courtyard in the Penduka Compound a few kilometers outside of Windhoek, Namibia. The skies are blue with big cotton candy clouds, there’s a light breeze that takes the edge off the warmish sun, and there are white pelican cruising the nearby lake. After traversing two…

First, and once again, allow me to apologize for the scarcity of my blog updates. My excuse is that the passed few weeks has been a whirlwind of events that has culminated with me sitting here at 8:00pm in Penduka Compound, somewhere near Windhoek, Namibia writing this update. Getting here wasn’t easy. I believe the…

I’m in Windhoek! Things are moving fast and WiFi is spotty so my updates won’t be as frequent this week. That will change once I into the groove. More to come. Stay tuned. Vern