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Categories: Buchter News, Namibia

The Office

Finally I have the feeling we are really getting somewhere with the Buchter. We found a new printer in Windhoek - who prints the national newspaper “The Namibian” - and I am very busy changing the whole look of the Buchter.
I honestly believe that finally we are making a newspaper which makes me feel proud [...]

Categories: Blog, Namibia

Brightstart Christmas Concert

Yesterday I had my hands full at the Brightstart Christmas Concert. It was a fundraising concert for the local Montessori school Brightstart. It started of with the children singing “do-re-mi” & ” My Favourite Things”. After that a choir - including Anna - sang “Ave Verum” and another song (I forgot - sorry).
Than it was [...]

Categories: Buchter News, Namibia

A fresh start

Ever since the Buchter News was founded in 1987 it has basically had the same setup. It looked more like a newsletter than it looked like a newspaper. We are about to change this. And it will happen this month!
What is changing? Well for starters we have found a new printer. A professional printer - [...]

Categories: Buchter News, Namibia

Tiki the Kangaroo mouse

Today both Anna and I where at the creche. To are surprise we where greeted this morning by a - as we call it - kangaroo mouse. We call it this because of her little pouch and because of her (it might have been his, sorry Tiki if I got your gender wrong) amazing jumping [...]

Categories: Buchter News, Namibia

Update from the -now- sunny Lüderitz

Namibia is advertised as “Namibia, land of sunshine, spaces and smiles”. Spaces & Smiles were already here - although the spaces are more obvious than the smiles I must say. But now with the summer setting in, I finally realize the sunshine bit.
Although It has not rained since we have got here. It has been [...]

Categories: Namibia

Kolmanskop

Today we had the privilege to visit a photo studio based in Kolmanskop. Next to the (tourist) restaurant this is the only inhabitant left in Kolmanskop which is now a ghost town. It goes without saying that Kolmanskop is a photographers dream - after all the studio isn’t based their because of the lovely neighbours.
So [...]

Categories: Blog, Namibia

Skaam Haai

This week I picked up my fishing license. And because the last two days have been virtually wind still & sunny days, it was time for fishing.
Accompanied by my downstairs neighbour, his two fishing rods and a six pack of beer we headed out to the yeti, just behind our house. And I’m happy to [...]

Categories: Holiday, Namibia

A week at Kubul

It started of Friday the 3rd of October. After helping out at Brightstart, moving the lower-elementary to the upper-elementary class and vice versa, we left at 1 p.m. towards the Kubul farm in Aus.
The drive took us about an hour and a half. An hour and a half. Not so long you might think… well [...]

Categories: Holiday, Namibia

Guess who’s back

I’m back from an exhausting but unbelievably fun week of veld school. I’ve been camping, hunting, abseiling and hiking. So much that I haven’t found the time yet to put it all in one story, so I’ll start off with the general idea of veld school.
The veld school I went to was a farm owned [...]

Categories: Buchter News, Holiday, Namibia

Out of Lüderitz for a change

Today I was called by Brightstart - the local montessori school - asking me to join them on a farmer/adventure camp next Friday. Of course I have to grab this great opportunity to leave the little town of Lüderitz behind for a while and so I replied yes.
So next Friday I’ll travel to Aus (about [...]

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