16th of November, Marsabit, Kenya I don’t know why I didn’t do this from the beginning, taking notes for the blog regularly, little by little, and post online whenever possible – but I do know that it was stupid not doing so because with so many things happening everyday during a trip like this you quickly get […]
Category Archives: languagesI know my sense of humor can be a bit off at times, but I still giggle a little to myself when I think about the fact that “thank you very much” is baie dankie in Afrikaans. Sometimes you get stuck in this bubble. Your thoughts only stretch so far, your mind has parked in its comfort zone. You talk to the same people, listen to the same songs, worry about the same things, get happy about the same things, surf on the same websites and watch the same tv shows every […] Mocambique has at least 40 different language groups and the local language here in Vilanculos is Xitswa (chitswa). It’s not a written language so whenever you ask how something is spelled people just shake their heads, not knowing. You get people who speak Xitswa, Portuguese and a bit of English and you get people who […] |
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