Debriefing and on to the Next Mission

What I Learned During My Summer Vacation:

- Saddam Hussein is not, in fact, alive and living in the Namibian desert.

- Mentioning the words "anti-corruption" to the man on the street in Africa is a great way to get someone to ask if you are a comedian by trade.

- High-school kids should, absent some sort of qualifying exam, no longer be allowed any vacation time, or generally let out of the house.

- There is such thing as bad Cuban food, it lives in Windhoek, Namibia, and it involves "salami" ; 'nuff said.

- Animals you see at the zoo also make for excellent eating - "Mommy, mommy - can we take a zebra home for dinner?!"

- Despite advertising to the contrary, Jaegermeister is not, "the house wine".

- Sand is abrasive...

- Namibian Germans are even more abrasive.

- Hyenas will eat your face.

Now off to begin writing my reports, holding my meetings, and sorting out the useful bits from my work in Namibia - hopefully it will lead to some future anti-corruption efforts there, but we'll have to see.

Next up - prepping for part II of the summer globe trotting, to Lima, Peru.

over and out...