UGANDA | Saturday, 8 Jul 2006 | Views [486]
The surprised looks we got when I rode Justin to the Busingiro settlement were nothing compared to when he rode behind Connie past Nyabyeya. A black passenger and a white driver are unheard of and when the driver is a chick . . . ! Justin knows ... Read more >
UGANDA | Wednesday, 28 Jun 2006 | Views [383]
By mutual consent we haven’t done much lately, nor it seems, did Amnon. It has taken him three days to put a single coat of paint on the banda. But there is no pressure. This feeling of well-being has a lot to do with the weather and the ... Read more >
UGANDA | Wednesday, 21 Jun 2006 | Views [260]
We began yesterday with a visit to Karongo Primary School for our first Roots and Shoots observation, headed by Frieda, the dynamic teacher, 20 or so P6 students armed with hoes and slashers or lugging bricks led the way to the community well or more ... Read more >
UGANDA | Monday, 19 Jun 2006 | Views [199]
We spent the last few days putting the finishing touches on the center and preparing Vincent and Amnon for Stephanie and Tammy’s visit. And somewhere in there I turned 60. How terribly odd! Tammy from Disney’s Animal Kingdom was much nicer ... Read more >
UGANDA | Monday, 12 Jun 2006 | Views [429]
Part of our duties, in addition to getting the center up and running and preparing Vincent and Amnon to teach the program, is assisting with the Roots and Shoots program. Roots and Shoots is the international outreach program of JGI to impact positively ... Read more >
UGANDA | Saturday, 10 Jun 2006 | Views [705]
Late in the afternoon we packed and went to Kinyara to dine and stay with Chris and Rose. We had a nice time and finished up with homemade ice cream, a real treat. After a British breakfast of baked egg, cheese and bacon, Chris took us on a tour ... Read more >
UGANDA | Friday, 9 Jun 2006 | Views [317]
We finished painting the floor on yesterday and I built a cover for the compost pit and made some shelves for Passy. When we first arrived the center was filled with lumber confiscated from an illegal sawmill. I asked the guys to remove it and they ... Read more >
UGANDA | Friday, 9 Jun 2006 | Views [389]
It was another nasty morning so we decided to paint instead of do laundry. It must be birding season. Vincent is out again with his group of six and Alfred, reputed to be the #1 or #2 bird guide in Uganda, arrived with his clients, Philip from ... Read more >
UGANDA | Thursday, 8 Jun 2006 | Views [282]
Kara drove us north of Busingiro (our first trip north) and Karongo in her Land Rover Discovery to visit three schools selected for Roots and Shoots on Tuesday. That’s the name of Dr. Jane’s international conservation education program, one we are ... Read more >
UGANDA | Saturday, 3 Jun 2006 | Views [243]
A quiet day, Passy is gone to her sister’s wedding and Vincent has the weekend off. We painted yellow triangles for a couple of hours this morning while Amnon painted Passy’s place and generally tried to look busy. We bought a frozen chicken ... Read more >
UGANDA | Wednesday, 31 May 2006 | Views [253]
Today marks the end of our third month in Uganda. We are at the halfway mark in our JGI volunteer program and one quarter of our trip is over. Could it possibly be a full year since we returned from New Zealand? The reason there have been ... Read more >
UGANDA | Saturday, 27 May 2006 | Views [290]
This entry could have had any of several titles. “If the foo shits” was a contender when one of the red-tailed monkeys took a dump from an overhanging tree and hit square on my helmet as we cruised through the forest. Or “I got gas” since we ... Read more >
UGANDA | Thursday, 25 May 2006 | Views [319]
We have all experienced it in action and today was just one more proof. It was a beautiful day to ride into Masindi, sunny and pleasant both ways. No rain since Tuesday’s deluge though and it was a dusty ride. A new addition to the law states ... Read more >
UGANDA | Tuesday, 23 May 2006 | Views [259]
Ben and Moses hitched a ride to Masindi yesterday with the European campers around noon yesterday and we were left by ourselves. The quiet is wonderful and we will enjoy it until the week0end when they will return along with Stu to finish the mural.... Read more >
UGANDA | Saturday, 20 May 2006 | Views [380]
We spent most of Wednesday in Masindi on errands – phone repair, paint, groceries and lunch. We can only transport two gallons of paint at a time and even then the cans are subject to puncture or leakage. So there will be more trips. And once ... Read more >
UGANDA | Tuesday, 16 May 2006 | Views [305]
We had to make a paint run to Masindi yesterday despite the fact that Moses has yet to wet a brush. But we have base coated the mural wall, white painted most of the interior and used a gallon of red oxide on the back. We took our time in town ... Read more >
UGANDA | Sunday, 14 May 2006 | Views [255]
We invited Ben for breakfast, first to be neighborly and because he is a nice guy, but also because several bananas got squished on the way home and Connie made a batch of her soon-to-be famous banana pancakes. Then Ben and I went to the center ... Read more >
UGANDA | Saturday, 13 May 2006 | Views [287]
We spent much of yesterday washing down the education center in advance of Ben and Moses who hope to begin painting this week-end. I also tried in vain to fix our door lock. A new mortise lock jammed immediately – what can you expect from something ... Read more >
UGANDA | Tuesday, 9 May 2006 | Views [702]
We rode into Masindi to try again to open a savings account. Including the JGI money we have something over $1500 and no secure way of keeping it. Armed with everything they told us we needed we entered the Stanbic Bank looking like desperados, ... Read more >
UGANDA | Monday, 8 May 2006 | Views [379]
We left for Masindi yesterday morning during the tail end of a thunderstorm. It’s about 250 kilometers to Masindi, the last hour on a dirt road under construction. We stopped at New Court View to check-in and have lunch then drove our to Ben’s ... Read more >
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