Blogs from Northern Region, Uganda, Africa - page 3

On the face of it, 3 months apart shouldn't pose such a problem. Especially for people who have been together for almost 10 years, and spent so much of that time together - we must be due for some time apart, right? While Lara has been in Uganda I have been keeping myself busy with work and other pursuits (read: PS3 games) but despite all this I have found that life alone in London can get you down sometimes. So after 2 months of living the bachelor life it seemed like a good time to jump on a plane and see what Lara was up to, and take my first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. Seeing as we only had a week in Uganda together we thought it would be best to hit the ground running, so ... read more

On the 2nd day, we had to be up really early, for the game drive which began at 6 30! We picked up a packed breakfast and then got back into the minibus, which took us down to the Paraa ferry which took us over the Nile for the beggining of the drive, we got to the ferry just as the sun was rising above the river! On the far banks we could see a school of hippo's just wallowing in the water. The Vehicles all boarded the boat, and we all got on! the crossing took 5 minutes and once on the other side we all got back into the bus and began the drive! we drove for a few KM's through the bush, seeing only various species of antelope! after about 7 kms we ... read more

Hi, Dieser Eintrag hat etwas laenger als sonst gedauert, sorry, keine Zeit, kein Internet oder zu langsam, einige Arztbesuche, Virusprobleme mit meinen USB Sticks, habe alle meine Daten und MP3s verloren und auch mal keine Lust, aber heute nun endlich. Achtung bei den Fotos gibt es noch etwas Unordnung, der Upload hat nicht richtig funktioniert, Reihenfolge und Benennung stimmen teilweise noch nicht. Vorab, es geht mir weiterhin gut und geniesse das Reisen. Habe zwar einen sehr hartnaeckigen Husten seit fast 5 Wochen, der mit einer leichten Erkaeltung kam und nicht weg ging. Nach fuenf Krankenhausern und verschiedenen Antibiotika ist er nun fast weg und voraussichtlich kam das alles nur durch eine Nebenwirkung eines anderen deutschen Medikamentes, da muss man erstmal drauf kommen. Aber nach 3 Wochen fing ich mir ernsthaft an Gedanken zu machen, ging mir ... read more

Still in Gulu, Northern Uganda as far as geography is concerned. I don't have any groundbreaking revelations today haha. Just a couple interesting notes that fell through the cracks while I frantically tried to finish stories in past blog entries. When I get home I am going to use a computer for 5 minutes and be done. I am used to working at a fast pace now thanks to the requirements of the internet cafe. An interesting aspect of Acholi life is how the people communicate. For some background, a culture can be said to communicate directly, blatantly expressing an individual's opinions or needs such as in America. A culture may also communicate more indirectly. They hint at things by what they say instead of expressing what they are truly thinking as bluntly as we do. ... read more

This entry takes place in Vanguard, Pece, Gulu, Northern Uganda Today we assembled at the hotel for a field assignment. My group was told to research the Acholi language in order to better prepare all 27 of us for our homestays which would begin at night. I immediately scheduled lunch with Steven Olanyi, the town councilor I met the night before at the bar. We set out walking aimlessly through Gulu since we weren't too familiar with the town. We spoke what little Acholi we knew. Ko'pongo meaning How are you? Everyone replies by saying cope which means good. If you say fine, something is wrong. Through a marketplace we learned more and more. Eventually we returned with about 50 words and phrases which would be useful. I never got too good at speaking French, but ... read more