Itinerary for trip (email from Amy)

OK, here's my itinerary for my crazy trip. Just in case you were interested.

December

3-leave Anker, hike to Windhoek
4-Windhoek, COS (close of service) interviews and stuff
5-Windhoek, COS stuff
6-Windhoek, COS stuff
7-Windhoek, COS stuff - Last day as a PCV
8-Windhoek, hanging out, staying at Jason's
9-Windhoek, hanging out, staying at Jason's
10-Windhoek, hanging out, staying at Jason's
11-Hike north, probably stay at Rundu or Divundu
12-Katima Mulilo, Namibia- probably stay at a hostel or something
13-Cross the border into Zambia, hike to Livingstone, staying at
Jolly Boys (a youth hostel), Vic Falls stuff
14-Livingstone, Zambia- Staying at Jolly Boys, See Vic Falls from
the Zambia side
15-Livingstone, Zambia- Staying at Jolly Boys, See Vic Falls from
the Zimbabwe side

Overland tour - link to description

16-Vic Falls, the overland tour begins
17-Livingstone, Zambia
18-Lusaka, Zambia
19-Chipata, Zambia
20-24 - Lake Malawi, Malawi
25-Iringa, Tanzania
26-Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
27-29 - Zanzibar, Tanzania
30-Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
31-Arusha, Tanzania

January

1-Ngorongoro Crater, Tazania
2-Serengeti Game Park, Tanzania
3-Arusha, Tanzania
4-Namangana, Kenya
5-Nairobi, Kenya-overland tour ends

Continued travels

6-Leave Nairobi, fly to Cairo
7-17-Cairo, Egypt
18-Leave Cairo for Chiang Mai, Thailand via Bangkok (train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai)
19-29-Chiang Mai, Thailand - Staying with my friend Miah
30-Returning home via Bangkok, Taipei and Seattle
31-Arrive home in Minnesota!

The City and the Township - Swakopmund

Part one


Part two

Recent Nam 25, Nam 26 and new Nam 27 PCV blogs, news and information for the month of November

New Era newspaper article about the launch of Nam 25 PCVers, Will and Beth's HIV/AIDs CD project: Namibia Alive Volume 11

Save the M-Bag!!


All Nam 25 bloggers

Nam 25 bloggers active lately:
Amy
my week and my trip (10/27)
Links to photos of our trip in August
Amber
I call them the "okamati mafia" (11/9)
Counseling (11/2)
Andrew
A Tour to End Two Years (11/12)
Photos of the tour (11/12)
Beth
Happy Thanksgiving! (11/22)
Brock
I'm still alive (11/16)
Caitlin
The beginning of the end (11/7)
Caroline
Coppelia
5 new posts (11/28)
Manic Lunatic is my name (11/26)
my sister's birthday (11/25)
Nam 25 at our close of Service conference in September (11/20)
Open letter to my midnight friend (11/15)
Capetown Visit (11/7)
Fun with Lee and Isha (11/7)
Irene
Fire threatens to take school, then doesn't (11/2)
Jason
Update from the void (11/10)
Jay
Updated Plans (11/2)
Matt
Michael
The Exodus begins (11/18)
Welcoming the Younglings (11/4)
Pam
Two years gone by (11/29)
Meme Pamela (11/21)
Nam 25...We made it! (11/15)
Make than monkey dance (11/1)

All Nam 26 bloggers

Nam 26 bloggers active lately:
Briana
Chris
Justin
Ami
Elise

New Nam 27 bloggers - Just arrived in Namibia November 1!

Parent, sibling, relative or friend of a Nam 27'er? Have questions? Want to ask someone who's been there? click this link:
PeaceCorpsNamibia Yahoo group

Dave in Namibia
An Adventure Awaits
Letters from Overseas
The Elephant in the Middle of the Room
A Nacerima in Namibia
A Carolina Gamecock in Namibia
A Bit Off
Life in the Desert: Beth's Namiban Adventures
...so you might as well dance
Natalie, Namibia
Sand in my shoes
2ndGenerationPCV
a big fat two year trip dans Afrique
Under the Namibian Sun
here goes
It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us
A stranger in a strang(er) land

Other Namibia Peace Corps Blog links

Link to previous list of recent blogs (October 2007)

Recent news from Namibia

Save the M-Bag - Peace Corps Community Advocacy Issue

Background information

On May 14 the U.S. Postal Service eliminated International Surface Mail (M-Bag). This is the method used extensively by NPCA affiliate groups, returned Peace Corps volunteers and friends/family of currently serving Peace Corps volunteers in supporting grassroots efforts in many rural schools and communities in our countries of service.

USPS now offers airmail service only, which in most cases has tripled (or even quadrupled) the cost of shipping items overseas. This has shut down many projects not only with RPCVs but other non-profits, church groups and school groups.

Several groups (Friends of Malawi, African Library Project , One World Childrens Fund, among others) are compiling a list of non-profits and other groups who are protesting the elimination of International Surface Mail. This list will be sent to the Board of Governors of USPS as well as to Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which oversees USPS.

Take action now


An interesting Chicago Tribune article about the M-Bag

Recent Nam 25, Nam 26 and new Nam 27 PCV blogs, news and information for the month of October

Parent, sibling, relative or friend of a PCV serving in or going to Namibia? click this link:
PeaceCorpsNamibia Yahoo group


All Nam 25 bloggers

Nam 25 bloggers active lately:
Amy
my week and my trip (10/27)
Stuff (10/12)
The educational tour (10/8)
Links to photos of our trip in August
Amber
"At what o'clock?" - Achilles (10/12)
Beth
Happy Halloween! (10/31)
Phenomenal girls of Mariental (10/15)
What I get to wake up to (10/5)
Reminder about the Mtal Girls conf $ (10/2)
Readathon in Namibia (10/1)
Brock
The beginning of the end (10/10)
Caitlin
Hunger Pangs (10/23)
Why do we stay? (10/4)
Caroline
Coppelia
Pictures (10/29)
My South African Excursion... (10/17)
The End is Coming (10/16)
The wonders of Caroline 10/15)
It's a girl (10/15)
Medical (10/14)
Fun, fun, fun (10/7)
Irene
She didn't know what she wanted (9/26)
Jason
It's cold (10/10)
The prizes are out (10/9)
Time to award (10/3)
The Tech Squad goes North (10/1)
Matt
Michael
Internet outage (10/23)
Pam
Now lets just get everything out into the open (10/3)
COS Conference Photos (10/1)

All Nam 26 bloggers

Nam 26 bloggers active lately:
Ben
Scott
Kate
Briana
Lindsey
Chris
Justin

New Nam 27 bloggers -Leaving for Namibia October 31!

Parent, sibling, relative or friend of a Nam 27'er? Have questions? Want to ask someone who's been there? click this link:
PeaceCorpsNamibia Yahoo group

Dave in Namibia
An Adventure Awaits
Letters from Overseas
The Elephant in the Middle of the Room
A Nacerima in Namibia
A Carolina Gamecock in Namibia
A Bit Off
Life in the Desert: Beth's Namiban Adventures
...so you might as well dance
Natalie, Namibia
Sand in my shoes
2ndGenerationPCV
a big fat two year trip dans Afrique
Under the Namibian Sun
here goes
It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us
A stranger in a strang(er) land

Other Namibia Peace Corps Blog links

Link to previous list of recent blogs (September 2007)

Recent news from Namibia