This morning was special because we were up with the sun (everyday at 7:00) and got some writing done, and then went to see David at the internet café. Because we went in the morning, and probably extra because it was Sunday, it worked. Pretty fast, but more importantly, it didn’t come in and out! We got to get all our list done, but probably could have been there another hour or two if it was available. I’m sorry, but the blog site wouldn’t let me post pictures. It seemed every 5 minutes there were more people coming to the house. [View Full Entry]

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Day 10; 17.06.09 Ruhengeri; Rwanda - Kabale; Uganda An early departure from Ruhengeri and we were at the Rwandan / Ugandan boarder in about a half hour. We´ve quickly come to realise that if there´s a boarder involved then nothing is simple in Africa. Our crossing was supposed to be as easy as getting from a to b, however there always seems to be some jumped up boarder official wanting their payoff before allowing you to get to b! So after paying the corrupt pen pusher $50 for an unwanted duplcate stamp in our passport, it was on to Kabale where [View Full Entry]

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This morning was a little wild, with no one actually knowing what we were going to do. Once we figured it out, it was a rush to get out the door, since the taxi had already been waiting. We loaded up, without Jordan and Prossy, and headed to visit a friend from the Choir, Barbara K. On the way to Nansana, where Barbara lives, we picked up Joshua Kityo, who was on tour with Base Choir before I got there. He is a kick in the pants! Reminds me a lot of Victor, especially since I could flirt with him and [View Full Entry]

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It’s hard to believe, but I’m now at the end of week four of my seven weeks in Uganda. The past few weeks have been incredibly busy, both with work and socialising! Access to the internet is limited, and power has been pretty erratic, so I’m grabbing an opportunity to upload this now and have another entry half-written to follow soon. Struggling with photos at present as the uploader is playing up, but have added them to the previous two so you can start to get a picture and managed to get a few in here. Loads more to come later. [View Full Entry]

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Today we slept in to some extent this morning. I slept better last night, only hearing the dogs once. Oh, Morris gave us a rooster too, so that was noisy. The mattresses are a sort of memory foam, and apparently my body doesn’t like to move in it, so I half wake up every so often with numb appendages. I took a sort of shower this morning, running the cold water over me as little as possible. My hair got washed and my first few layers of dirt and sunscreen and bug spray and grime got removed. I made myself a [View Full Entry]

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We landed last night with no problems, except getting our bags back from Nairobi. Prossy and Jordan and Jackson picked us up, loaded the car, and we drove the long journey back to Kampala. Everyone else was asleep, so we were as quiet as we could be and fell asleep to the sound of barking dogs. There were 3 other girls in our room, who we met this morning, and then met the rest of the team/family. This morning, probably around 4 or 5, a dog started barking, and I thought it was some crazy alarm clock belonging to one of [View Full Entry]

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So i got a computer to post on finally... Well I got into Uganda on monday. Stayed a a little place in Entebbe that was really something. Looked like a place out of a jungle mansion, but smaller. It was really nice. Tuesday morning i headed to Mbale in a rickety old toyota corolla. Let me tell you, that was an experience. Along the way, my driver was pulled over by the highway police that control the speeding that always occurs on the roads here. He was pulled over for over-taking a big truck while going over speed-bumps. I guess [View Full Entry]

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On Monday, Sarah and I each had a few errands to run, and then we were going to hit the road with my mom to Seattle. Shortly before leaving, though, we found out we had a problem. One of the women we will be with told us that they’re each taking 3 bags of 70 pounds, because they booked through a travel agent that got them missionary rates. Sarah emailed to double-check this and we found out that that was the wrong airline. We were, in fact, only allowed 2 bags of 50 pounds each! That sure put a damper in [View Full Entry]

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On the way back through Uganda we stopped again in Kampala and stayed at the same campsite as before. It was my turn for cook group again, and the dinner was a great success! I feel like I am growing up so much! In Kampala, the group went out to an Irish Pub that didn't even have Guinness on tap! It was a lot of fun. We danced and I drank Sapphire Tonics with ice which was very lucky treat. The next day, everyone went into town. I on the other hand watched my first rugby game on TV and sat [View Full Entry]

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Leaving the gorillas behind, we exit Rwanda and re-trace our route back through Uganda to Jinja, an adventure capital at the source of the great River Nile. Having seen the gorillas, we were now able to eat meat (we’d avoided eating anything remotely dodgy beforehand, as those with the slightest sign of illness aren’t allowed to trek), so we happily tucked into goat and chicken at the chaotic roadside markets. We spend a few days at Jinja, mountain biking and rafting the Nile - a great experience which practically the whole truck took part in. I came back to the truck [View Full Entry]

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