Picture MOTHERLODE

I have finally figured out how to upload pictures to my blog! (It’s okay if you aren’t as excited as I am) This link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/104184428031129256317 (click here)

lets you peruse my various photo albums. I have quite a few more pictures than this, but because uploading is a time consuming process I have tried to include as many as possible in the time available while being sure to include most of my favorites.

A few comments:

My home:
No, that satellite dish does not work.
The white tub is my “indini”. It is a 25L water container, and I am very very happy I bought it.

Orientation and Home Stay:
The little girl is Toto (whom I mentioned in the Night Among the Stars post). One of my favorites is of me and her dancing to “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga.
The man in the lime green suit is “Black Door” Moses Shilongo, a Namibian music artist. He is the husband of my WorldTeach field director, and a friendly enough chap to call and sing to me on my birthday.
The sprawl of shacks constructed of metal is a place called Katutura. This is basically an enormous slum on the outskirts of Windhoek, the country’s capital. It is a fairly tough sight to behold, but one image I doubt I will ever forget is that of a middle-aged man sharply dressed in suit and tie returning from work to his makeshift home. In just a glimpse of him I could tell he didn’t want my pity, and his image proved that human pride and dignity exist in even the unlikeliest places.
The pictures in which I am jumping are of me playing a game called “uma”. The first person jumps in and out of two strings in a sequence (e.g. one leg in, two legs in, one leg out, both legs out), and everyone must repeat the sequence from memory over and over again as the strings move progressively higher.
The group picture is of me and Ms. Megan and our group of learners from the teaching practice session in Tsumeb.
The guy at his computer is “Maich Blaiq” Victor, a Kenyan music producer helping with Gal Level’s latest songs.
Frieda, one half of Gal Level is seated and in black in another picture. She was instructed to sing to me in order to achieve a sufficient level of emotion in her song.

Etosha Park:
On our first visit we only saw lion paw prints. On our next we slooooooowly drove through a group of six lionesses (pictures to come).
The picture of the animals lying down in the distance is of the expansive Etosha Salt Pan. It’s cool if you find enormous, flat, briney sand patches interesting. It is visible from space though!
Can you find the chameleon?

This is as many pictures I could upload before my internet cut out. I hope you all like them, and more are coming soon.