The morning started with a bang or should I say a scream. I was cleaning my room and I just moved the two cardboard boxes that hold my letters and my mementos when I saw three of those massive black beetle bugs. I trapped one quickly and ran to the kitchen for two glasses to trap the others - I had to chase one but otherwise that went fine. I then picked up one of the boxes and SCREAMED - there was a bug underneath crawling towards me, and promptly dropped the box squishing the bug! Chelcie was in her room having a shower but came quickly having heard my 'operatic' scream!
We set off for the tar road with our rucksacks on our backs where we saw Chicken also waiting for a lift. Literally as we left the grounds Chicken flagged down a car and we all got in. Chelcie and I got in the covered boot of the truck and we began our journey! We played 'how many animals can you name for each letter of the alphabet' - Chelcie was much better than I was although I remembered gnat for G! WE arrived in Outjo and headed for the Bank to get some money out.
On our way a guy started talking to us asking where we were from and lots of questions including what we were called. I didn't want to say my actual name so I became Anna and Chelcie was Rachel. This was quite funny as we kept on bumping into him and he kept on calling down the street 'Anna, Anna' - he was selling little wooden balls and he engraved Anna into one which he then wanted me to buy! Chelcie for the first time in her life forgot her pin code so was unable to get any money out!
We headed for the supermarket where we picked up toiletries as well as some things we needed for the flat - raspberry jelly, popcorn kernels, marshmallows and cupcake cases! We also bought some Aero as a present for Roland and Byron. We then made our way to the phone shop as Chelcie had been complaining for weeks that the mobile her parents sent out didn't work. The phone shop rang this guy who came down to sort out the mobile - Chelcie handed it over explaining that she was unable to make calls, send texts or receive any. Literally just as she gave him her phone, it rang. It was very funny although rather embarrassing as it turns out she just hadn't had signal before!
We then made our way to the Bakery for our first hour of Internet which went so quickly - I didn't even manage to read all my emails let alone reply to anyone. We then each bought a pastry and a drink: I had mango juice and a custard danish and Chelsie had a coke and a yum-yum type thing. There were so many delicious looking things that I could have happily eaten! having had our elevenses we went to the Post Office to post letters and buy some stamps which are actually quite expensive! The Post Office lady directed us to the Bookshop where we bought envelops - but no airmail ones, and there was a printer where we both printed off a couple of photos which was nice. WE then went to the Bank to see if Chelcie could use her driving licence as proof of ID to get money out but that didn't work out so I got some money out to lend her (hero). After a bit more wondering about we returned to the Bakery for some lunch.
We both had steak burgers with chips and an Appletiser which amused our waitress! This was quite good although not amazing! We then did two more hours on the Internet and I posted all the other blogs. Sorry I couldn't put any photos up as they took forever to load but hopefully when I get to South Africa for Christmas I will be able to post some up. The time went really quickly but it was amazing to be able to talk to some friends on Facebook chat and leave messages for those not online. It was very odd as Chelcie managed to email two photos to her Mummy and then I asked her to email one of me sitting under the school sign to my Mummy but it failed. However that night Mummy texted saying that it was so lovely to get the picture of me and C so not sure how that happened - magic! Turns out it was a photo of me and some children - C stood for children not Chelcie, no Mummy I am not a mind reader! (N.B *actually Mummy sent a text saying that we had got a picture of Ottilie and C (standing for Cluny) had put it up on the computer!*) We then waled back to the post office as I now had Izzy's Hong Kong address and wanted to post that letter. On our way we were met with crys of 'Chelcie' and 'Ottilie' from a minibus full of Otjikondo children which was really odd!
We then returned to the Bakery for a treat and a drink for the road - we both had cokes and I had the yum-yum type thing and Chelcie had what looked like a flapjack half covered in chocolate but it also had pastry on the bottom and tasted more like a biscuit and it was nuts not oats so not really anything like a flapjack! We walked out of Outjo and past the turnings so we could start trying to hitch a lift. This was actually plan C as we wanted to get a lift with the Bakery as they deliver to Otjikondo on a Friday afternoon but they were full, so we then rang someone called Reinhardt who drives that way on a Friday but he was already at Otjikondo so plan C it was!
It didn't take long for us to catch a lift and a lovely lady called Mrs Miller picked us up. She was a white Afrikaans lady and was driving her 15 year old son Julian back from school with his 2 17 year old friends. She was really friendly and we got to sit on a seat(!) and she took us 30km out of her way back to Otjikondo. We made a quick pit stop at the GAP flat dumping our purchases and grabbing our rain coats as it was now raining. Luckily Paul and Reiner drove out and they said they would give us a lift to the turn off to Ohorongo Safari where Roland was picking us up. We got into the back of the truck and the 13km drive was CRAZY! Neither of us had our hair tied up which is a big mistake in the open air - the wind was so strong, it was raining and really large hail stones were hurling at us. Our cheeks went all floppy and we could properly lean into the wind and not fall over! We were both quite relieved to get there in one piece although our hair was now one giant tangly knot!
After about 25 minutes Roland and Max (his puppy) picked us up - luckily it stopped raining, in the Safari Cruiser and drove straight at us - psycho! It is about a 50 minute drive to the Lodge from the road across pretty bumpy tracks. On the way to Byrons house we stopped to look at the Lodge which is truly incredible. The clients stay in these fairy tale looking thatched cottages. There was a rectangular swimming pool with a wooden bar with loads of animal skulls, skins and horns as well as lots of African carvings. We saw the "dining room" which had a drum made from an elephants foot sitting casually in the corner! We then drove on to where Byron lives. We dumped our bags and then we went for a walk - I have totally fallen in love with Ohorongo as it is probably the most beautiful place I have ever been to. We walked down to a massive lake and Max had an incredible time chasing sticks and swimming. The sun was setting and I have an incredible photo of a black tree against the setting sun and its reflection in the water. It was so serene and peaceful and I massively envy Roland who walks there every night.
We went back to Byrons house and had a cup of tea outside while Max and Ganga went crazy. We also met the fattest cat in history - Musket! Roland then challenged me to a game of pool even after I told him I was totally awful and to be honest I was slightly wary after the last time I played pool - you all know what happened! However, after a few tips from Byron I discovered a small amount of talent and I was actually beating Roland - I took a photo to prove to everyone who has seen me play pool before! At the end we both had two balls left and then sadly he won. We played again and I was totally thrashed - Roland potted one of my balls before I did! We had supper which was steak, new potatoes, squash and vegetable sauce followed by chocolate! Byron is a complete chocoholic, and we had Toblerone, the Aero we brought and Toffiffee - hazelnuts covered in chocolate and then toffee. You can only get them in Germany or in Johannesburg airport and the order has already been placed by him for when my parents come out! (note from Mummy: you can actually get them in England, watch share prices rise in April!). My OCDness became very apparent - they weren't eating the Toffeffee in rows but kept dotting around the packet which was slowly killing me. I also got ridiculously jumpy as we kept on talking about insects....ugh. Roland kept throwing little balls of silver foil at me - one of them went down my dress and gave me the biggest shock when it fell out a couple of minutes later!
Chelcie and I shared a double bed and it was lovely to have a proper mattress. I had a lot of nightmares about massive insects because of all our previous conversations. At about 3am Chelcie shouted out her pin number which made me laugh as this is what I had predicted would happen. I was woken up at 5am by Ganga licking my face which scared the living daylights out of me as he woke me from a dream about giant insects which I then thought were on my face!
On Saturday we went for a drive around Ohorongo with Roland - we sat on top of one of the Safari cruisers and we could see forever. I have properly fallen in love with Ohorongo as it is so spectacularly stunning - you drive on little sand roads through this amazing park with the most incredible animals. We saw hundreds of springbok - they are so funny when they run as they look like the have springs on their feet, gemsbok, vultures, zebras, giraffes - some baby ones which were soooo cute, warthog, a fox, jackals, Roan - really weird looking creatures with massive ears, Korribuster birds - the heaviest flying bird in the world and white tailed wildebesst - they are very impressive looking creatures (imagine the Beast from Beauty and the Beast) but the noise they make is a giant hiccup which is hilarious coming from such an impressive creature!
We went to their tented community which is the equivalent of 5* camping. The tents are massive and sit on raised platforms - inside there was a four poster bed and a single bed and they had ensuite bathrooms! They were incredible and the view was even better. There was even a small swimming pool and a dining room with more animal skulls.
On our way back we caught sight of a herd of blue wildebeest which is what Roland wanted to shoot, however they were all standing behind branches and after about half an hour of waiting they cantered off....we followed. This time Roland was able to shoot one - the bang was SO loud. Roland then went off with his gun to see where the wildebeest had died. Chelcie took this opportunity to go to the loo behind a tree - she had been desperate for hours! It was then that we noticed the name of the car was "Green Bitch"! Roland returned and he drove the car to where the now dead wildebeest lay - this was really odd as we had seen it alive about 30 minutes earlier and now it was dead....
We had to get the wildebeest into the back of the cruiser to take it back. We tried to pick it up but was way too heavy - Roland discovered that I wasn't lying when I said how weak I was - I was useless! Chelcie had picked up the head and lots of blood fell out through its nostrils down her leg and onto her bare foot, I nearly wet myself laughing. Roland then gutted it to make it lighter - this was really rank and he thought he was really funny and threw the wildebeest balls at me! He had to be really careful so he didn't puncture the stomach which was MASSIVE and there were lots of poo pellets hanging about which had been on their way out... After he gutted it we tried to move it again - this was really difficult as the wildebeest was really heavy and as I said before I am really weak. Finally we got it onto the truck and then we washed ourselves as I now had wildebeest blood on my hands - really disgusting!
We set off back to the house - I now sat in front with Max and Roland as I didn't want to sit over a dead body! Roland is a bit of a psycho driver and suddenly we heard this massive thump - I thought Chelcie must have fallen off the bench but the wildebeest had fallen out of the back of the cruiser! So we reversed and started the procedure all over again which was much harder as it was now slippery with blood! Eventually we got it back in and then Chelcie felt really faint. She got in the front which meant I had to sit over the dead body which was staring up at me with its tongue lolling out. I felt I was being cursed by the blue wildebeest - not a pleasant experience especially when I looked down at my right leg and saw massive globules of wildebeest blood sticking to me!
After showering we had a very late lunch of sausage, cheese sausage, mealy pap and vegetable sauce. The mealy pap had been cooked totally differently and looked like a whole new food. Luckily it tasted totally differently as well - this time it tasted like sticky rice and was really delicious. We then had a rest and started to hand wash our jeans. Byron wanted me to wear a pair of his and made me try on about 3 pairs even after we worked out that he had a 38 inch waist and I'm a 28 and for them to fit length wise they would have to sit right under my boobs! I also got a tad burnt even though I was wearing sun cream - my watch mark is now incredible but I have a ridiculous looking stripe across my feet in between where my jeans stop and my Toms start!
At about 6.00 we set off for the Oktoberfest - wearing still wet at the top jeans! I sat in the back in the middle between Roland and Chelcie who thought it was great fun to squish me and I swear by the end of the journey I was narrower! Roland was also astounded at my lack of balance as I lurched from side to side - the roads are very bumpy on the farm. We went via another safari place to collect some zebra skulls to send to some clients in Europe. On the way we nearly had a horse join us in the car as we rounded a corner and there was a horse coming directly towards us. Byron stopped the car just, literally just, in time!
Oktoberfest was so much fun - it was held in the Farmers Union Hall at Kamanjab. We paid $100 Namibian dollars to get in which paid for supper which was delicious: choice of lamb or pork with bacon potatoes, squash and cheese salad and bread followed by cheesecake. The beer was really cheap $15 but to me tasted pretty horrible! We did a lot of dancing - to a mixture of Afrikaans music and American oldies music and it was so much fun. They also had lots of crazy competitions - for the men "Who could saw through the log quickest" and "Who could pick up the most bricks" and for the girls "Who could pick up the most pint mugs filled with water". All very bizarre and incredibly competitive! They all danced in the waltz position with lots of turning and swivelling and we did a mixture of this and normal dancing. This was very funny as you would often get waltzed into!
We spent all our time with Byron, Roland, Peter and Paul (Stommel) which was really fun and we also met some of the local farmers. Peter is the third guy who lives and works at Ohorongo. He is a German Namibian - he has blond hair and the most incredible ginger, curly moustache (imagine a ginger Poirot!). There was a very long speech in the middle in Afrikaans saying thank you to everyone - Chelcie got the hiccups, which meant that we all got the giggles and were very badly behaved!
Paul brought us back to Otjikondo which meant that we woke up in our own beds which was lovely. I had my first lie in - still woke up early but snoozed until 11am. Spent the rest of the day reading, relaxing, planning lessons and writing up the diary.
Quite tired on Monday but nothing that crazy happened. Goddie (G7 and one of my favourites, although at the beginning I kept on calling him Godot by mistake because of "Waiting for Godot"!) who lives in Outjo and has a girlfriend called Natasha who goes to school there, told me that he waited for half an hour in the Bakery for me, to introduce her! So cute but we had just left - I wanted to meet her to see if she was good enough for him! We also used the oven for the first time as we now have an extension lead. We had fajitas (had some in the deep freeze from when we first arrived) so chicken, onions, cheese, lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes. It was really yummy and I made a nice sauce from tomato ketchup, mayonnaise and extra hot Tabasco. However, we had another visit from our mouse. We now have a mouse which lives in the Kitchen - not really sure why as it is immaculate and clean but not good news at all as mice attract snakes. We need a mouse trap pronto!
I cant believe that it is now the end of October. So, records for the month: I have received 16 letters, sent 27 (I'm winning!), made 3 birthday cards (Chelcie 19, Matti 4 and Stanley 27), cried 5 times, seen 55 elephants, lost at pool twice, hitch hiked twice and read 9 books.
It was so lovely to talk to the people that I did talk to on Friday on Facebook and I'm sorry to anyone who I missed although I hope you had a message from me instead. I cant believe how quickly time is flying by and it wont be long until I am in Swakopmund on the music week. Lots of love to everyone and a big hug to everyone particularly special! If the English weather gets too depressing just think of me in the baking heat to cheer you up!!
Lots and lots of love,
Ottilie xxx
We set off for the tar road with our rucksacks on our backs where we saw Chicken also waiting for a lift. Literally as we left the grounds Chicken flagged down a car and we all got in. Chelcie and I got in the covered boot of the truck and we began our journey! We played 'how many animals can you name for each letter of the alphabet' - Chelcie was much better than I was although I remembered gnat for G! WE arrived in Outjo and headed for the Bank to get some money out.
On our way a guy started talking to us asking where we were from and lots of questions including what we were called. I didn't want to say my actual name so I became Anna and Chelcie was Rachel. This was quite funny as we kept on bumping into him and he kept on calling down the street 'Anna, Anna' - he was selling little wooden balls and he engraved Anna into one which he then wanted me to buy! Chelcie for the first time in her life forgot her pin code so was unable to get any money out!
We headed for the supermarket where we picked up toiletries as well as some things we needed for the flat - raspberry jelly, popcorn kernels, marshmallows and cupcake cases! We also bought some Aero as a present for Roland and Byron. We then made our way to the phone shop as Chelcie had been complaining for weeks that the mobile her parents sent out didn't work. The phone shop rang this guy who came down to sort out the mobile - Chelcie handed it over explaining that she was unable to make calls, send texts or receive any. Literally just as she gave him her phone, it rang. It was very funny although rather embarrassing as it turns out she just hadn't had signal before!
We then made our way to the Bakery for our first hour of Internet which went so quickly - I didn't even manage to read all my emails let alone reply to anyone. We then each bought a pastry and a drink: I had mango juice and a custard danish and Chelsie had a coke and a yum-yum type thing. There were so many delicious looking things that I could have happily eaten! having had our elevenses we went to the Post Office to post letters and buy some stamps which are actually quite expensive! The Post Office lady directed us to the Bookshop where we bought envelops - but no airmail ones, and there was a printer where we both printed off a couple of photos which was nice. WE then went to the Bank to see if Chelcie could use her driving licence as proof of ID to get money out but that didn't work out so I got some money out to lend her (hero). After a bit more wondering about we returned to the Bakery for some lunch.
We both had steak burgers with chips and an Appletiser which amused our waitress! This was quite good although not amazing! We then did two more hours on the Internet and I posted all the other blogs. Sorry I couldn't put any photos up as they took forever to load but hopefully when I get to South Africa for Christmas I will be able to post some up. The time went really quickly but it was amazing to be able to talk to some friends on Facebook chat and leave messages for those not online. It was very odd as Chelcie managed to email two photos to her Mummy and then I asked her to email one of me sitting under the school sign to my Mummy but it failed. However that night Mummy texted saying that it was so lovely to get the picture of me and C so not sure how that happened - magic! Turns out it was a photo of me and some children - C stood for children not Chelcie, no Mummy I am not a mind reader! (N.B *actually Mummy sent a text saying that we had got a picture of Ottilie and C (standing for Cluny) had put it up on the computer!*) We then waled back to the post office as I now had Izzy's Hong Kong address and wanted to post that letter. On our way we were met with crys of 'Chelcie' and 'Ottilie' from a minibus full of Otjikondo children which was really odd!
We then returned to the Bakery for a treat and a drink for the road - we both had cokes and I had the yum-yum type thing and Chelcie had what looked like a flapjack half covered in chocolate but it also had pastry on the bottom and tasted more like a biscuit and it was nuts not oats so not really anything like a flapjack! We walked out of Outjo and past the turnings so we could start trying to hitch a lift. This was actually plan C as we wanted to get a lift with the Bakery as they deliver to Otjikondo on a Friday afternoon but they were full, so we then rang someone called Reinhardt who drives that way on a Friday but he was already at Otjikondo so plan C it was!
It didn't take long for us to catch a lift and a lovely lady called Mrs Miller picked us up. She was a white Afrikaans lady and was driving her 15 year old son Julian back from school with his 2 17 year old friends. She was really friendly and we got to sit on a seat(!) and she took us 30km out of her way back to Otjikondo. We made a quick pit stop at the GAP flat dumping our purchases and grabbing our rain coats as it was now raining. Luckily Paul and Reiner drove out and they said they would give us a lift to the turn off to Ohorongo Safari where Roland was picking us up. We got into the back of the truck and the 13km drive was CRAZY! Neither of us had our hair tied up which is a big mistake in the open air - the wind was so strong, it was raining and really large hail stones were hurling at us. Our cheeks went all floppy and we could properly lean into the wind and not fall over! We were both quite relieved to get there in one piece although our hair was now one giant tangly knot!
After about 25 minutes Roland and Max (his puppy) picked us up - luckily it stopped raining, in the Safari Cruiser and drove straight at us - psycho! It is about a 50 minute drive to the Lodge from the road across pretty bumpy tracks. On the way to Byrons house we stopped to look at the Lodge which is truly incredible. The clients stay in these fairy tale looking thatched cottages. There was a rectangular swimming pool with a wooden bar with loads of animal skulls, skins and horns as well as lots of African carvings. We saw the "dining room" which had a drum made from an elephants foot sitting casually in the corner! We then drove on to where Byron lives. We dumped our bags and then we went for a walk - I have totally fallen in love with Ohorongo as it is probably the most beautiful place I have ever been to. We walked down to a massive lake and Max had an incredible time chasing sticks and swimming. The sun was setting and I have an incredible photo of a black tree against the setting sun and its reflection in the water. It was so serene and peaceful and I massively envy Roland who walks there every night.
We went back to Byrons house and had a cup of tea outside while Max and Ganga went crazy. We also met the fattest cat in history - Musket! Roland then challenged me to a game of pool even after I told him I was totally awful and to be honest I was slightly wary after the last time I played pool - you all know what happened! However, after a few tips from Byron I discovered a small amount of talent and I was actually beating Roland - I took a photo to prove to everyone who has seen me play pool before! At the end we both had two balls left and then sadly he won. We played again and I was totally thrashed - Roland potted one of my balls before I did! We had supper which was steak, new potatoes, squash and vegetable sauce followed by chocolate! Byron is a complete chocoholic, and we had Toblerone, the Aero we brought and Toffiffee - hazelnuts covered in chocolate and then toffee. You can only get them in Germany or in Johannesburg airport and the order has already been placed by him for when my parents come out! (note from Mummy: you can actually get them in England, watch share prices rise in April!). My OCDness became very apparent - they weren't eating the Toffeffee in rows but kept dotting around the packet which was slowly killing me. I also got ridiculously jumpy as we kept on talking about insects....ugh. Roland kept throwing little balls of silver foil at me - one of them went down my dress and gave me the biggest shock when it fell out a couple of minutes later!
Chelcie and I shared a double bed and it was lovely to have a proper mattress. I had a lot of nightmares about massive insects because of all our previous conversations. At about 3am Chelcie shouted out her pin number which made me laugh as this is what I had predicted would happen. I was woken up at 5am by Ganga licking my face which scared the living daylights out of me as he woke me from a dream about giant insects which I then thought were on my face!
On Saturday we went for a drive around Ohorongo with Roland - we sat on top of one of the Safari cruisers and we could see forever. I have properly fallen in love with Ohorongo as it is so spectacularly stunning - you drive on little sand roads through this amazing park with the most incredible animals. We saw hundreds of springbok - they are so funny when they run as they look like the have springs on their feet, gemsbok, vultures, zebras, giraffes - some baby ones which were soooo cute, warthog, a fox, jackals, Roan - really weird looking creatures with massive ears, Korribuster birds - the heaviest flying bird in the world and white tailed wildebesst - they are very impressive looking creatures (imagine the Beast from Beauty and the Beast) but the noise they make is a giant hiccup which is hilarious coming from such an impressive creature!
We went to their tented community which is the equivalent of 5* camping. The tents are massive and sit on raised platforms - inside there was a four poster bed and a single bed and they had ensuite bathrooms! They were incredible and the view was even better. There was even a small swimming pool and a dining room with more animal skulls.
On our way back we caught sight of a herd of blue wildebeest which is what Roland wanted to shoot, however they were all standing behind branches and after about half an hour of waiting they cantered off....we followed. This time Roland was able to shoot one - the bang was SO loud. Roland then went off with his gun to see where the wildebeest had died. Chelcie took this opportunity to go to the loo behind a tree - she had been desperate for hours! It was then that we noticed the name of the car was "Green Bitch"! Roland returned and he drove the car to where the now dead wildebeest lay - this was really odd as we had seen it alive about 30 minutes earlier and now it was dead....
We had to get the wildebeest into the back of the cruiser to take it back. We tried to pick it up but was way too heavy - Roland discovered that I wasn't lying when I said how weak I was - I was useless! Chelcie had picked up the head and lots of blood fell out through its nostrils down her leg and onto her bare foot, I nearly wet myself laughing. Roland then gutted it to make it lighter - this was really rank and he thought he was really funny and threw the wildebeest balls at me! He had to be really careful so he didn't puncture the stomach which was MASSIVE and there were lots of poo pellets hanging about which had been on their way out... After he gutted it we tried to move it again - this was really difficult as the wildebeest was really heavy and as I said before I am really weak. Finally we got it onto the truck and then we washed ourselves as I now had wildebeest blood on my hands - really disgusting!
We set off back to the house - I now sat in front with Max and Roland as I didn't want to sit over a dead body! Roland is a bit of a psycho driver and suddenly we heard this massive thump - I thought Chelcie must have fallen off the bench but the wildebeest had fallen out of the back of the cruiser! So we reversed and started the procedure all over again which was much harder as it was now slippery with blood! Eventually we got it back in and then Chelcie felt really faint. She got in the front which meant I had to sit over the dead body which was staring up at me with its tongue lolling out. I felt I was being cursed by the blue wildebeest - not a pleasant experience especially when I looked down at my right leg and saw massive globules of wildebeest blood sticking to me!
After showering we had a very late lunch of sausage, cheese sausage, mealy pap and vegetable sauce. The mealy pap had been cooked totally differently and looked like a whole new food. Luckily it tasted totally differently as well - this time it tasted like sticky rice and was really delicious. We then had a rest and started to hand wash our jeans. Byron wanted me to wear a pair of his and made me try on about 3 pairs even after we worked out that he had a 38 inch waist and I'm a 28 and for them to fit length wise they would have to sit right under my boobs! I also got a tad burnt even though I was wearing sun cream - my watch mark is now incredible but I have a ridiculous looking stripe across my feet in between where my jeans stop and my Toms start!
At about 6.00 we set off for the Oktoberfest - wearing still wet at the top jeans! I sat in the back in the middle between Roland and Chelcie who thought it was great fun to squish me and I swear by the end of the journey I was narrower! Roland was also astounded at my lack of balance as I lurched from side to side - the roads are very bumpy on the farm. We went via another safari place to collect some zebra skulls to send to some clients in Europe. On the way we nearly had a horse join us in the car as we rounded a corner and there was a horse coming directly towards us. Byron stopped the car just, literally just, in time!
Oktoberfest was so much fun - it was held in the Farmers Union Hall at Kamanjab. We paid $100 Namibian dollars to get in which paid for supper which was delicious: choice of lamb or pork with bacon potatoes, squash and cheese salad and bread followed by cheesecake. The beer was really cheap $15 but to me tasted pretty horrible! We did a lot of dancing - to a mixture of Afrikaans music and American oldies music and it was so much fun. They also had lots of crazy competitions - for the men "Who could saw through the log quickest" and "Who could pick up the most bricks" and for the girls "Who could pick up the most pint mugs filled with water". All very bizarre and incredibly competitive! They all danced in the waltz position with lots of turning and swivelling and we did a mixture of this and normal dancing. This was very funny as you would often get waltzed into!
We spent all our time with Byron, Roland, Peter and Paul (Stommel) which was really fun and we also met some of the local farmers. Peter is the third guy who lives and works at Ohorongo. He is a German Namibian - he has blond hair and the most incredible ginger, curly moustache (imagine a ginger Poirot!). There was a very long speech in the middle in Afrikaans saying thank you to everyone - Chelcie got the hiccups, which meant that we all got the giggles and were very badly behaved!
Paul brought us back to Otjikondo which meant that we woke up in our own beds which was lovely. I had my first lie in - still woke up early but snoozed until 11am. Spent the rest of the day reading, relaxing, planning lessons and writing up the diary.
Quite tired on Monday but nothing that crazy happened. Goddie (G7 and one of my favourites, although at the beginning I kept on calling him Godot by mistake because of "Waiting for Godot"!) who lives in Outjo and has a girlfriend called Natasha who goes to school there, told me that he waited for half an hour in the Bakery for me, to introduce her! So cute but we had just left - I wanted to meet her to see if she was good enough for him! We also used the oven for the first time as we now have an extension lead. We had fajitas (had some in the deep freeze from when we first arrived) so chicken, onions, cheese, lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes. It was really yummy and I made a nice sauce from tomato ketchup, mayonnaise and extra hot Tabasco. However, we had another visit from our mouse. We now have a mouse which lives in the Kitchen - not really sure why as it is immaculate and clean but not good news at all as mice attract snakes. We need a mouse trap pronto!
I cant believe that it is now the end of October. So, records for the month: I have received 16 letters, sent 27 (I'm winning!), made 3 birthday cards (Chelcie 19, Matti 4 and Stanley 27), cried 5 times, seen 55 elephants, lost at pool twice, hitch hiked twice and read 9 books.
It was so lovely to talk to the people that I did talk to on Friday on Facebook and I'm sorry to anyone who I missed although I hope you had a message from me instead. I cant believe how quickly time is flying by and it wont be long until I am in Swakopmund on the music week. Lots of love to everyone and a big hug to everyone particularly special! If the English weather gets too depressing just think of me in the baking heat to cheer you up!!
Lots and lots of love,
Ottilie xxx
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