Water Sanitation Techniques

Driving through Namibia at night is invigorating. It’s not the smartest thing that we’ve done but we had no choice. After hanging out in the grocery store parking lot in Rundu for 7 hours waiting for the car to get fixed, we had to leave. The natives were getting restless. The drive was peppered by livestock hanging out on the highway, families on bicycles, and cars with no headlights. Our original plan was to drive all the way into Botswana but since the border closed at 5pm, we stayed at the Ngepi Backpacker Camp about 40km from the border. The bar at the camp was decorated in the nouveau backpacker style. A sign on the wall said “Vodka is great for sanitizing water so drink up.” Hats, flags, and bumper stickers from various countries dotted the walls. The most unusual part of the camp was the family of hippos that foraged across the various campsites for food. No one told us about the family. Alejandro discovered the hippos in the middle of the night as Karina and Dafina flew into his tent screaming, scared out of their minds. They tried to convince Alejandro to go outside and investigate, figuring that if the hippos snack on him, they’ll walk away satisfied. The analysis was good, but it failed to account for Alejandro’s tiny body size; he’s probably two hippo nibbles worth of food.

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