The LoskopDam Forever Resort was truly beautiful any time of the day.

Before 7am to walk to restaurant at the other end of resort, sun was still lower than tree top and roof top.

Walking till nearer to the conference hall where our classes were, the sun was up almost at top of trees and roofs.


After done with breakfast, the air was just starting to get warmer.....

By the noon time it was hot enough to run for the shades.....

After classes ended, the sun was at the our front again, on our way walking back to cabin #18.....

And it gets dark in the hurry..... so I do not go for dinner at 6pm, I had been packed my dinner at buffet lunch time and bring back with me after the classes ended.

Another day, another way and another view, for I had been the expert of getting lost in the whole of my life time.....  Many had asked me, how I had traveled around the world time and after..... with grace of everyone, everywhere, I guess.....

This was the day before we had to move to each of our host homes, we were all been divided by the cluster of language we will be using at where we will be working, three months after..... I felt lucky to be in the Xistonga language with only two PCV-T cohorts and we have two Language and Cultural.
 
On Friday, we had a half of a morning on learning how to do the doing laundry at village, by the demonstration from the LCFs.
One of the LCF used my white shirt for example to show how, where, what to look for and to wash the first, and so on.....

I had been doing hand wash since 2010, once the four piece of my dirty laundry was done, I went around the camp ground.


There were all looked permanent settlements to me.....

Mobilizing heavy camping, yet with home comforts.....
Way too luxury to my dream on my New Zealand car camping trip dream of many years.....
One even had own dish for the world connections.....

Many others.... all way too complicated for my capabilities to handle for my dreamed car camping trip anywhere in the world.

Ah, haa!!!..... This might had been that sign we saw at the first night here when I was lost with my roommate when came back from dinner after 7pm, in the powerless, moonless night, walking in circles with the light from our cell phones that both were not fully charged....... See how close we were at the water front!!!..... Yikes!!!......

A week back, there wasn’t these many campers here, downright scary at that darkness night.

This couple had seeing me wondered around and picked up conversations..... They were newly retired and camping at view point camp grounds one month at a place.....  After they knew my dream of car camping in NZ, they assured me that it was doable even for single person and affordable, almost around the world.......  Right here, a camp site for two person runs up and down 3,500 rind a month..... hmm...... it is now one USD to 18+/- rind.....

End of the classes, I followed a small group of PCV-Ts to hike up a small hill to the cell tower.

Sun was setting, all in my head was that I don’t want to walk in the dark to find my #18 again....

Thanks to all were supportive and we turned around and back down....

Look at these lovely bunch of my class-mates.....

They must have me in the photo too.....

See, how this view can be adored all the way to the sun went resting.... but I had to be back to my #18 one more time yet......

Note:  All my blog posted were for my own story telling, not presenting Peace Corps, nor any volunteers.

Cheng   9/4/2023


 





























 



















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