Lessons learned in a Caprivi Village
We visited one of the local villages in the Caprivi region, and it was very interesting to learn about how the houses and huts were built.
It was also interesting to see how locals used wood when cooking, and I then realized that we had actually been using wood at campsites the Finnish way. We didn't burn just a bit of a log, we burned the whole log, whereas the locals only burned a small part when cooking food. We were used to wood burning quicker, but the wood used here burned much slower. And although we used wood sparingly, we still could have used it even more sparingly.
It was also nice to watch the children play football (soccer) and hear what they wanted to do when they grew up. There'll be more doctors and pro football players in Namibia in the future :)!
We visited one of the local villages in the Caprivi region, and it was very interesting to learn about how the houses and huts were built.
It was also interesting to see how locals used wood when cooking, and I then realized that we had actually been using wood at campsites the Finnish way. We didn't burn just a bit of a log, we burned the whole log, whereas the locals only burned a small part when cooking food. We were used to wood burning quicker, but the wood used here burned much slower. And although we used wood sparingly, we still could have used it even more sparingly.
