Blogs from Eastern Region, Uganda, Africa - page 20

Hello! Just wanted to let you know that my bag got stolen last night with my camera and phone in so I'm no longer in contact on the phone. I'm fine though, just a little pissed! Will be in touch when I get a new phone. Promise to finish my holiday stories soon - tomorrow I hope. Happy Easter Everybody!!! Enjoy those eggs. Lots of love and hugs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ... read more

Hello. Seems a long time since I updated you all - a lot has happened again! Arrived on placement a week last Tuesday. Were actually located an hours walk outside of Kayunga town in 'centenary college' which is basically a boarding school. Were living in staff quarters so have 3 rooms between the 4 of us (there's a family of 4 sharing the room next door tho!). They have 2 little boys next door, Opeo who is 2 and big bro Freddie who is 9! We can't understand a word each other is saying but they are so cute it doesn't matter! We have electricty 1/2 the time (yey!), the bore hole is right next door (which trust me is pretty good going) and the pit latrines are clean at least so we've not done badly. ... read more

It’s been about two weeks since I’ve last had access to a computer and it feels pretty good to be back behind a keyboard! I’m currently sitting on a balcony facing the Nile River in Jinja, Uganda. The city is found on the northern tip of Lake Victoria, has a population of close to 3 million and boasts to be “the Source of the Nile”. There are Nile crocodiles along the river banks and fishermen in modest, wooden boats gliding along peacefully. While we arrived in Jinja yesterday, the bulk of my time these past couple of weeks had been practicing field research techniques in Kibale National Forest, a mid-elevation rainforest situated East of the Rwenzori Mountains and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kibale is an “island forest” as it’s surrounded by converting land and ... read more

So I did end up doing the full day white water rafting, it was AMAZING!!!!! It's been four days and i'm STILL sore!! But it's awesome, a pain that i worked for :o) I have bruises all over my knees and shins, a nasty burn on my shoulders, and just about every muscle in my body hurts, not to mention i think I managed to sprain my ankle and thumb - wheeeee! Seriously though, it was so cool. I would do it again in a heartbeat! (now that i'm somewhat recovered of course) There are no pictures of the actual rafting, for the obvious reason that I couldn't take my camera onto the rapids. Even if i'd had a waterproof camera - it would have gotten lost for sure! I only fell out of the raft ... read more

Hello! Have finally found an internet cafe remotely faster then a snail so thought it was about time I actually let you all know how I'm getting on! Am adapting to the Ugandan way of life pretty well actually. Everything is so slow here!!! We arrived here on Wednesday 10th, early morning. There was a whole bunch of us. 3 Americans and 5 English flew together from Heathrow and met up with 3 Australians when we got here. We flew into Entebbe which is right on the shores of Lake Victoria. It was amazing landing in such a mass of green!! From there we were taken to Jinja about an hour away where we met up with the Ugandan volunteers (there's about 14 of them) where we stayed at a parish community centre untill Saturday. We ... read more