http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/TommyGun/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from TommyGun en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:15:31 +0000 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:15:31 +0000 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 thing http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Eastern-Region/blog-426945.html here is some photos hopefully they will load and be visible... http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Eastern-Region/blog-420533.html 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 overlooking th http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Eastern-Region/blog-420005.html 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 loo http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Eastern-Region/blog-416834.html 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 previou http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Eastern-Region/blog-416458.html 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 c http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Eastern-Region/blog-413988.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/blog-412543.html