Lazy Sunday...

Sunday is a quiet day here...This is the day everyone starts with the church and spends at home with the family..the markets and the malls are almpost deserted, and people only get out if absolutely necessary. Such a stark contrast to London life when the weekend is the only time people can do their shopping, socialising, sunday brunching and mandatory starbucks runs...

My new local friends took me to see the nearest town, Oshakati. It is just a 15 mins drive away from Ongwediva, and the highlights of this "bustling" for local standards township are the local market and the american style mall - manifestations of two extremes of the economic development scale. In these places they sell everything from traditional dresses, to the cultural achievements of the Namibian music stars, to such local delicacies as fried worms! Apparently, the previous volunteer even had the guts to try it...I am sorry, I am a chicken!

The market was very quiet, but I got to see a variety of beans, lentils, grains and spices that the locals survive on. Reminded me of Wholefoods, where you can find such grains and beans that most people have never heard of.

May be they import it from Oshakati? What you do not get to see in Wholefoods, is the raw meat and offals of all sorts laying almost in direct sunlight awaiting its hungry buyers...I think this one can convince me to become a temporary vegetarian!