Cloth shopping in KAMPALA, UGANDA Although you can readily see people wearing non-Western type fabrics, they are quite difficult to find to buy. The women typically buy 6 yard pieces that are cut into a big, muu muu type dress with fancy intricate sleeves or they have a blouse made and wrap the rest around, not quite a sari, nor a sarong, but uniquely Ugandan. Sometimes, some of the cloth is used to tie a baby in a sling on her back. I have been determined to find the cloth used for men’s shirts. Obviously, they don’t have to buy the [View Full Entry]

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Buying Fabrics in Kampala Another great day…now that we are wandering around, we are meeting people who live here, so we don’t feel so out of place. I’ve been meaning to write about how quiet people speak here, not just on their cell phones, but in ordinary conversation. Plus, the more into a bargaining situation, the more quiet they get. So, we are learning to be soft-spoken. Hussein was 50 minutes late; when I called after waiting 30 minutes, he answered, Marie I am coming, don’t worry. He said that he got stuck behind a broken down trailer hauling a freig [View Full Entry]

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Monday & Tuesday, February 6-7, 2006 KAMPALA, UGANDA Really, life is getting better. Although we had a day to recuperate when we first arrived, we really didn’t have an opportunity to get ourselves organized. In a way, it was nice that we got the sightseeing out of our systems, and it was wonderful to have it all organized by Sarah, so that we could enjoy our second week sans sightseeing, but I am only now feeling ready to start to write anything. Sorry about that! I think that we didn’t tell you that their maid QUIT a few days before we [View Full Entry]

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Veronica was determined to make a dress for me...using the fabric that Sarah had given me. I explained that Sarah had been in the place where the fabric was printed. So, Friday afternoon, we left the material, and Veronica assured me that it would be finished late Saturday afternoon, in time for me to pick it up on the way to the Embassy Party. Saturday morning, Bill worked on his blogs, and I pressed all of the fabrics while Sarah and Nate were off to an engagement party. When they got home, they decided to come with me to Veronica's because [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday, February 8, 2006 KAMPALA, UGANDA Okay, so now, we really meet Kampala…called Hussein on his cell phone, headed off to Owena Market looking for African cloths for quilts. We ended up in the second hand clothes market; dozens of shops all hawking used clothes from America. You know, when you give clothes to Goodwill or the Salvation Army, what isn’t used in the States is baled up in huge bundles and shipped off to Uganda, for sure, who knows where else. Wandering through this market was so much easier than wandering in Asian markets, where the touts are cons [View Full Entry]

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It has been a chore to find a reliable source for the INternet, but today we lucked out, and since we joined a "club" we will be checking in daily until we leave. In the meantime, check out Bill's blog at www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Nebraska-Bill for pictures and more reporting from him. miss you all, but having a GREAT TIME! Marie [View Full Entry]

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