Our country is at peace. THere are so many countries with war, turmoil. We have peace and of course there are problems but things are OK.

I love the vastness and never ending blue tinted horizons, the camelthorn trees lining dry riverbeds and buzzing from the sounds of cicada, the kaleidoscope of landscapes, the freshness of the air after the rain, the cry of a seagull muffled by the roaring of the oceans' waves, the courage and resilience of the Namibian people, their smile, unfd last but not least, the peacefulness.

Don't want to spoil this message board, but let's not fool ourselves: Our country has many challenges to face, like HIV/Aids, unemployment, crime, poverty, issues of governance and so on. But despite all this life has its own normal rhythm here and you can find relative peace in our country if you have a good income. There is space and the weather is good.

All the mateiral things and gadgets are very expensive, so you need to have a lot of money to acquire all the trappings of success. Life's good for the have's but pretty rough for the poor and I suppose that is the same all over the world. So let's work together to build this country and give the poor a chance also. And a lot of people are trying hard to do something about this. That is a good thing.

So apart from these challenges life is good in Namibia.

Hi Dude,
I am Italian and I do love Namibia and Namibian having established my own company in Windoek.
I have met some corruption (political people) but this happen in every place (more or less) in the globe.
I would like to see Namibian to start to think about their future and not only asking money.
I will be in few weeks in Namibia to train poor families to have thier own aquaponic tilapia fish system in the backyard of thier houses. The course will be held in Keetmanshoop.
You can contact me at sunrise_group@web.com.na for anything you wish to discuss.
regrds

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Gideon Czaczkes

Now that' sinteresting. I cam across this explanation, in case anyone was wondering:

"Aquatic animal effluent (for example fish waste) accumulates in water as a byproduct of the keeping them in a closed system or tank (for example a recirculating aquaculture system). The effluent rich water becomes high in plant nutrients but is toxic to the aquatic animal.


Plants are grown in a way (for example a hydroponic system) that utilizes the nutrient rich water. The plants in turn digest the nutrients, reducing or eliminating the waters toxicity for the aquatic animal.

The water, now clean, is returned to the aquatic animal environment and the cycle continues. Aquaponic systems do not discharge or exchange water. The systems rely on the natural relationship between the aquatic animals and the plants to maintain the environment. Water is only added to replace water loss from absorption by the plants or evaporation into the air.

Aquaponic systems vary in size from small indoor units to large commercial units. They can use fresh or salt water."

More here: Aquaponics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I love my country's wide open spaces and so much of its nature is still in good shape! Go visit Etosha, Namib desert, Caprivi, Skeleton Coast.... beautiful! And the people are generally friendly and open! Here one can still breathe!

I love my country for all the reasons our members above have enumerated and all the others that fellow members will still mention.

AND THE FACT THAT WE CAN WRITE THIS WITHOUT HAVING TO FEAR A KNOCK ON OUR DOOR IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT!

I love my country because despite all the prophets of doom our nation is still a shining beacon for the countries of our region as far as the consolidation of our fragile democracy is conerned. It ain't perfect, no Sireeee, but it's chugging along nicely and it is correcting its course as it goes along - at least that is the trend for the time-being and I have high hopes our President Pohamba will consolidate the trend.

VIVA NAMIBIA, VIVA!

It is an enormous territory with breathtaking scenes. The people have a fair inclination to civility. Thus, hospitable. We love our neighbors although we may not confide this to them. There has been progress being made always in all conceivable ways. We are attracted to anything Namibian, even the name Sam.