Not sure if you have heard but there has been riots in Kampala over the last 2 days. Just a quick email to say we are all safe and at Jinga. We have managed to avoid the riots. We have been told it is safe to travel back today to Kampala and will be doing so later today. Sorry about the group email but easiest way to update everyone. Kath, Jac and Kate xxx [View Full Entry]

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I'm sure this isn't even making a blip in the news in the U.S., but there have been some isolated riots here in Kampala in the last couple of days. The Kabaka (king) of Buganda was planning a visit to an area of his kingdom known as Kayunga. There is a minority group there called the Banyala who want to secede from the kingdom or, actually, claim they were never a part of it. The government has gotten involved, siding against the Kabaka, which has ticked off the Baganda. Some also claim that the president has been channeling money to the [View Full Entry]

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Well its been quite a while since we blogged. It is not easy getting internet in Uganda. We have done so much in the 3 weeks we have been here. We are all really enjoying volunteering at the babies home and we now want to take them all home with us!. They all have their own personalities and are just adorable even with snotty noses and smelly bums. We have all had at least one baby vomit over us and have changed too many dirty nappies to count. We have just come back from trekking the gorillas in the Bwindi National [View Full Entry]

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The title is not an exact reflection of what this post is about but as it develops so will you begin to understand.....let us begin. This weekend was a spontaneous decision to fly to Uganda for the weekend and add some spice to the entree. Myself and three colleagues ducked off work an hour early on Friday to catch the 6:45 flight to Entebbe, Kampala. It was actually a fantastic flight, left on time, good service which are both nearly impossible to come by around here. Sat next to a very interesting lady on the plane who used to work for [View Full Entry]

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Thursday - Aug 27th Got on the bus again at 8am and headed to the Ugandan border. We passed the time by starting a backseat poker game. We had to pay $50 for the visa to get into Uganda. We finally made it to Jinja where we would be camping for 3 days (Nile River Explorers Campgrounds). Nice to have a few days where we can relax and not have to worry about getting up the next day, packing and then heading off right away. Jinja is on [url=http:/ [View Full Entry]

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Greetings all, SO as the title states, I have a little over two weeks left. So time has passed both slow and fast. I have become quite acclimatized to this place. I can preform all the duties in the lab with ease and don't feel out of place at all here. They are such welcoming people here...I would definitely recomend anyone to come here to Uganda. I feel as though maybe I left a few things out for the people at home reading these. Things like what are the children like here (for those whose children are also reading this), the [View Full Entry]

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WE’RE COMING HOME!!! Hello dear friends and thank you for your patience with our updates. As mentioned, we are excited to report that we will be coming home for a visit soon, and are looking so forward to seeing many of you again. Although we do not yet have our plane tickets, our plan is to be back by mid-September. Our Board of Directors for Tutapona, has been busy planning our calendar. We know this will be a busy time for us, but we will attempt to see as many of you as we can. God continues to amaze us with [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone, Arrived in Kampala today. Laura and I spoiled ourselves with pedicures and got my hair blow-dried. Seems silly and vain but what a luxury after almost 6 weeks of living in a truck and sleeping in a tent. Uganda is beautiful. Spent 2 days in Kenya but did not see very much of it other than what I saw from my seat on the truck. Joined a new group pf people on Monday as everyone else trip was done, really sad to say goodbye to everyone. Four of us carried on though and we're off to see the gorillas [View Full Entry]

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My other big trip here in Uganda has been to Murchison Falls, a vast waterfall on the Nile several hours downriver of my current home in Bujagali, with a game reserve and rhino sanctuary nearby. I travelled up with a friend, joining another six people at Red Chilli Backpackers in Kampala for the six hour drive north-west. I’m getting more used to journeys here now: the long, dusty roads, the massive billboards advertising beer and cooking oil, the enormous speed bumps at every trading centre, the hands of bananas, meat on a stick, bottles of water and cassava chips thrust through [View Full Entry]

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here is some photos, hopefully they will load and be visible... [View Full Entry]

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