Cell phones and meat (aka a trip to Windhoek)

          Yesterday we took a trip to Windhoek, the capitol of Namibia.  We first went to the Heroes Acre which honors the people who died fighting for Namibia's freedom.  The monument was really cool.  We got a little tour about it and learned some cool facts like all the materials that made up the monument come from Namibia and none of them were imported.  Or that there are 174 graves with only a few of them being either real or symbolic graves.    The back panel portrays the story of Namibia's struggle for independence ending with them carrying a flag in freedom.  On either side of the steps leading up to the monument are graves that hold peoples names. This monument went up in 2002 and the first person to be buried there died 13 days after inauguration of the monument.
         After this we divided our group and went to 2 separate malls.  Most of the people myself included used this time to buy a phone.  I got the cheapest phone there was which cost me $169 Namibian Dollars o r rather $17 US Dollars.  I'm really just using this cheap thing to talk to my fellow Namibians. I've been using imessage and facetime to talk to my people back home and it's been working pretty well.  When we were at the mall I was reminded of my time in Namibia for there were places like Mugg and Bean, and a pizza place that we used to go to all the time.  It was interesting seeing the different types of stores that exist here and not in Botswana.
      We continued our journey to a market place located at Singles Quarter.  Apparently  this where all the single men used to live but nowadays anyone can live there.  The market place was small and most people sold apples and other fruits and vegetables.  There was a section where you could buy a slab of raw meat.  They didn't really advertised what type of meat but some looked like cow.  Then there was a place where people were cooking meat on a grill.  You could grab a sample of the meat and if you liked it you could give the chef some money and he'd give you meat in a newspaper.
    The last thing we did in Windhoek was go to an expo.  Most people in tents around the rims were selling meat, sodas, and icecream.  There was a cattle auction going on in the middle and off to the sides were different types of livestock like goats and sheep.  There was a big tent next to the auction where you could buy clothing and other things.  Outside there were also some inflatables for the kids to play on.
    Below are some pictures from the trip.  I don't have any pictures of the market place because I was told to leave everything on the bus.