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Thomas Salvati Joined: June 24th 2009
Logged in: August 20th 2009
Logged in: August 20th 2009
Travel Blog Posts
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 mothers of these sick kids I'm dealing with...I also attended a wedding here this past weekend so I'll comment on that as well. Just general life things that are different from home than they are ... read more
Hey everyone So this Saturday I went with some of my Hospital mates to Sipi Falls. Its 45 min drive outside of Mbale heading towards Kapchorwa, at the base of Mt. Elgon. The trip was sensational. We walked for over 4 hours touring the area and looking at the 3 falls. The first and largest water fall can be seen from the Lodge where started from. We got some pictures at the lodge over-looking the cliffs towards the water fall. It was massive. We headed over to the second falls. It was truly amazing. There was a cave behind the water fall where we could walk and stay dry but still take photos pointing out. It was a great view. So we hiked up the side of the mnt past the second water fall towards the ... read more
Hello All, So everyone knows i'm in Africa but maybe not who I came here with. The group I came with is called CURE. They are an institution (many) that deal in Pediatric Neurosurgery (at least this one here in Uganda does). If you want to read more about it go to... www.CUREinternational.org or just typr in CURE international in a search engine and it should show up...so everyone take a look at the sight...you can see a few photos on there and I'll try to post some myself later...this is a great facility as well and the people are very friendly and very welcoming...this organization is also stongly christian orientated...but they accept all people, as I am not very religious but I rescpect them and there religious decisions and will attend there morning services everyday ... read more
Hello to All, well one week is down and there are to go...but who's counting right!!...haha...most of you know I am because I have a beautiful girl waiting for me back home... Ok to the real buisness...my first week... Its been really great here in the lab this first week. I have become more comfortable with the practices going on here. I think i posted about the blood collection in my previous post but now i'm alot more comfortable around it and confident in taking samples from the patients. It is challenging as most of them are small children. I guess its not so much the pocking them with the needle its the crying that begins when it happens...makes concentrating a little more challenging. But I have managed to get through it just fine. We work ... read more
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 here that is also a no-no. He also didn't have his original driving permit but instead had a photocopy. The trafficguys made him go and pay his fine in the little town we had passed ... read more
Well, today i'm heading to vancouver. My flight is really early in the morning. Everything is good. I'll post something after i get there. Uganda here i come... read more
