Worlds Apart - BBC TV, Family go to Namibia

[Luco El Loco]

Did anyone watch this yesterday? (Weds, 6th July).

I thought the friendship between Elizabeth and Jodie was very positive and was a good example of people trying new things and working together and hanging out, despite a language barrier.

At the other end of things, I could not get over the mother who kept whining every few minutes... of course there is no running water, no you cannot have a freakin' bath - deal with it!!

Any other views?

[static anonymity]

Didn't see it - care to summarize?

[Luco El Loco]

A taxi driver's dream was to go on an adventure holiday to somewhere in Africa, so, for some reason, the BBC packed him off, I think, to a village in Namibia, with his family, to spend 2 weeks with the Himba tribe. They had been provided with a hut of their own, and one of the Himba men spoke English and was available for them to go to for help if needed. After a day or so they left the village without saying a thing, which offended some of the villagers quite understandably. The father of the family later went to apologise, and whilst he and his wife didn't integrate too well, although he did try in the first day, the two youngest children managed to make some friends. The eldest daughter wasn't focused on for some reason and seemed to disappear after interviews in the house, prior to travel, but she was there.

The family spent most of the 2 weeks living in tents outside the village eating tinned food delivered to them from the local supermarket, and washed with water supplied from there too.

The youngest daughter, Jodie, formed a friendship with one of the women, and learned how to cook a traditional meal, and other tasks.