{"id":52192,"date":"2016-04-21T09:20:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T09:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/?p=52192"},"modified":"2018-04-04T19:56:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T19:56:42","slug":"ruralnamibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/2016\/04\/21\/ruralnamibia\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Namibia Homestay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Kayla\u00a0is an Augsburg student\u00a0currently\u00a0abroad in Namibia\u00a0with CGEE spring 2016. This is an excerpt from Kayla&#8217;s blog post, \u201cRural Northern Namibia\u201d. Her blog\u00a0is a great resource for anyone considering study abroad in Southern Africa, and prominently features her breathtaking photography, poetry, and other projects! Thanks to Kayla for sharing!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we were prepped not to expect electricity or running water, we quickly discovered that rural Namibia is just as diverse in its amenities as homes anywhere else might be; in my home the television is a staple piece of entertainment and electricity is plentiful, while running water existed only at a tap from the ground a few meters from the living quarters. While electricity is plentiful at my homestead, the family still uses traditional practices of the open fire to cook meals\u2013 incredible meals, I must add!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryteller.media\">find more of Kayla&#8217;s stunning photography at her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52193\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52193\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/04\/Cooking-in-rural-namibia-photo-credit-Kayla-Koterwski-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Traditional cooking style in rural Namibia\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/04\/Cooking-in-rural-namibia-photo-credit-Kayla-Koterwski-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/04\/Cooking-in-rural-namibia-photo-credit-Kayla-Koterwski.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traditional cooking practice\u00a0in rural Namibia (photo from Kayla&#8217;s blog post)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kayla\u00a0is an Augsburg student\u00a0currently\u00a0abroad in Namibia\u00a0with CGEE spring 2016. This is an excerpt from Kayla&#8217;s blog post, \u201cRural Northern Namibia\u201d. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auggies-go-global","category-southern-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/236"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52192"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53190,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52192\/revisions\/53190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}