talking to home!

burned again! ... and the work we're doing.

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March 31st 2008
Yikes, people. Last night, I was at first brilliant, figuring out that I could get the very sticky jack fruit residue off of our knife by running the blade through the flame of the stove (the gunk has been on said knife since my parents were in Mbale - 2-3 weeks!)! You know where this is going... Yay, I'm so smart! Okay, 10 seconds later, I become the stupidest person in all of Uganda, wh ... read more

Africa » Uganda

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Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,0... ... read more