This is all a bit rushed, I really have a lot of time so I should write something. But I am paying by the minute to be here and its grating on my conscious at 1.5 KSH a minute. Ill keep this short. Rural Uganda was pretty basic. They seem to have one main road that is tar sealed then anything off that road seems to have a high likelihood of chance of being dirt, in and about Entebbe anyway, which is where this is. It was good to see what the local life is like in a small town outside [View Full Entry]

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This is called Ajona, and yes it does taste as bad as it looks. It was quite an experience though, too end the day and head off into the local township or village and basically sit around and drink (very sour) beer with the locals. I bought a straw and had more than one sip, maybe ten in all? It was interesting, its served warm as they continually add more hot water and mix as the night goes on. It was funny as when I came they were on a small bucket, then they changed to a medium bucket, and by [View Full Entry]

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We got up this morning and did our laundry- African style. This mean a bucket of soapy water for scrubby clothes and a bucket of clean rinse water, and they hanging them out on the line to dry. It actually wasn’t too bad! Later, Sarah and I parted from the rest of the group as Jordan took us into town to meet up with Joshua. From the Shell station, he found us a taxi that would take us to Entebbe to see the new school. The African Children’s Choir has a school in Kampala for all the former Choir kids, but [View Full Entry]

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A quick bit of backtracked and filled in writing. Thus I am writing this from 4 days in the future, or about events 4 days in the past. Whatever view tickles your fancy. Well I had a great end to my horrible airport stay. Business class upgrade, so good, the perks, bring them on. For dinner we were served some kind of salmon and cream cheese starter followed by pan seared springbok medallions, closed by a date pudding. its strange airplane food that actually tastes good. Anyway, one thing to note about Uganda as far as initial observations go, its so [View Full Entry]

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Friday 20th March We arrived at Banana Village where we had planned to meet the CRU dental team at around 4pm after our 32 hours bus journey across what seemed like the whole of Africa but in actual fact was only three countries! We looked a little dishevelled and slightly dirty to say the least and had hoped that we could have a shower before meeting everyone. Sadly Barbara caught us sneaking to our room and so they would have to put up with our dust covered faces and the slight stench of “African travel”! There were seven of us on [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday, after the mess with moving and the tiredness and sadness and all that, we took a day off and went to Entebbe. Entebbe is the small former capital 30 km south of Kampala where the airport is situated. It seems to be a well-off place with many hotels and close proximity to Lake Victoria. We went to the Botanical Garden that is situated on the shore of the lake. We had a very relaxing day there although it was almost 30 degress C and our guide rushed us around the park. It was a beautiful visit and I want to [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from Africa! I am alive and safe and enjoying Uganda! It has been a busy couple of weeks and I am now beginning to settle in and get used to life out here. The day that I arrived I was met by a guy called Isaac who is the education officer for CSWCT (Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust - the NGO I’m working for) who was very friendly and introduced me to Africa. We drove in his battered old pick up down the red dusty streets to where I was to stay for the evening. The next day I [View Full Entry]

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I've spoken with Kim on the phone for about 90 seconds before it went dead. She has arrived and is well. Look forward to her post soon as she finds a place to plug in her computer. [View Full Entry]

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Hello again!! I don't think Matt fully captured everything that has been going on the last little while so I'll fill in some gaps... First of all, everyone here is really amazing. They call white people "mzungu" which is hilarious. When our car broke down we were surrounded by about 30 kids all waving and screaming "HI MZUNGU!!! HI MZUNGU!!!" It's hilarious.... while we were on safari this past weekend we stopped by a little town for a few cold beers one afternoon and the same thing happened - anytime white people show up it's like holiday time for the kids... [View Full Entry]

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Hey!! Yesterday we mostly just hung around my uncle's place. His driver (yes, he has a driver. And a housekeeper who makes wonderful passionfruit juice fresh every morning - I know we really can't get used to this kind of lifestyle!!) took Matt and I down to the market where we got a couple things and changed all of our money to Ugandan shillings. Then we came back to the house and had our lunch. That afternoon, my aunt and uncle's school was having a talent show so we went over to watch. Since they teach at an international school, all [View Full Entry]

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