UGANDA | Friday, 17 Mar 2006 | Views [423]
Friday, after working all day Thursday, seems like a Saturday which fits because it is actually the beginning of our week-end. But today is laundry day. It’s amazing how much dirty laundry accumulates, what with shorts in the morning; long trousers, ... Read more >
UGANDA | Thursday, 16 Mar 2006 | Views [409]
The kids from Rototo arrived a little ahead of schedule but we were ready for them. This group was a lot more relaxed and ready to learn than the group on Tuesday. I suspect word got around about what to expect and how much fun the day was. ... Read more >
UGANDA | Tuesday, 14 Mar 2006 | Views [331]
We rushed through breakfast yesterday and joined Robert and Lawrence on a chimp trekking expedition. Lawrence thought he had heard them earlier so we followed them into the wet forest. Two hours of seemingly aimless wandering, machete slashing, ... Read more >
UGANDA | Sunday, 12 Mar 2006 | Views [320]
I think it’s going to be a day for primates. We were awakened by the morning hoots of a group of chimpanzees. We haven’t seen them yet but we know they are around. After breakfast I took the egg shell and tea bags to the compost and there ... Read more >
UGANDA | Saturday, 11 Mar 2006 | Views [325]
Today marks our first week in Kalinzu and it’s amazing how quickly we have settled in. It is much like a larger version of our tent. In the week here we have done laundry, found out where to buy local produce, became comfortable if not competent ... Read more >
UGANDA | Friday, 10 Mar 2006 | Views [373]
Today is another holiday, the third this week, so there was no official work. We breakfasted on local bananas and pineapple (3 pineapples and 16 bananas cost a little more than 50 cents. For lunch we added oranges and apples and vegetable ... Read more >
UGANDA | Thursday, 9 Mar 2006 | Views [407]
Today started out cloudy but we’re optimists so we did the laundry anyhow. If it didn’t dry today, there is always tomorrow. Just as we finished another muzungu peddled in on a well-used touring bike loaded with camping gear and spare tires. ... Read more >
UGANDA | Wednesday, 8 Mar 2006 | Views [322]
It is 9:00am and we have been in Uganda for exactly one week. Today is the third national holiday (National Women’s Day) and Friday with be the fourth. Three of the holidays are election related, either voting days or post-election celebrations, ... Read more >
UGANDA | Tuesday, 7 Mar 2006 | Views [441]
The first group of Primary 5 students arrived 30 minutes early making it a hectic day from the start. This group ranged in age from 10-14 and shared two traits. First, they were small in stature, and second, they didn’t understand much English.... Read more >
UGANDA | Monday, 6 Mar 2006 | Views [419]
Today was an another unscheduled holiday, a mayoral election or something, which threw off the schedules. Still we managed to meet with Lois, the District Education Officer, to introduce ourselves and give Jacque a chance to explain Roots and ... Read more >
UGANDA | Sunday, 5 Mar 2006 | Views [438]
We left Entebbe on schedule at 7:00am on the 400 kilometer drive to our duty station at Kalinzu. Except for Kampala and some of the larger towns the road was pretty good. For some reason no road repairs seem to be made in the towns. This being ... Read more >
UGANDA | Saturday, 4 Mar 2006 | Views [367]
I still haven’t had a full night’s sleep but we talked Ben into going with Emma so I stayed in bed until after 9:00am. Then we began to repack our food and load our gear into the Land Cruiser. The new motorcycle takes up a lot of room and we ... Read more >
UGANDA | Friday, 3 Mar 2006 | Views [356]
We tried, probably in vain, to log onto the US Embassy web site and report ourselves in county, list our itinerary and provide contact information. Big Brother likes to know just where his chickens are and JGI, for obvious reasons, wishes us to ... Read more >
UGANDA | Thursday, 2 Mar 2006 | Views [501]
After a tasteless breakfast of museli and yogurt we sat outside watching the birds and waited for Stephanie to make her appearance. She told us a little more on what our roles will be in Kalinzu. It sounds like it will be a combination of assisting ... Read more >
UGANDA | Wednesday, 1 Mar 2006 | Views [365]
We landed a little ahead of schedule. The weather here on the equator was overcast and warm with scattered showers. The airport at Entebbe was easy compared to Heathrow or even Denver. All bags come in on the single conveyor. We scooted ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 28 Feb 2006 | Views [371]
We got some good advice from the folks at immigration on how to negotiate the underground, also known at the “Tube”. The UK is expensive and a round-trip fare for the 45 minute local cost nearly $10 each, but it isn’t too bad when compared to $45 ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 27 Feb 2006 | Views [336]
We have been packing for several weeks, beginning when Connie began making piles for Mexico and Africa. It got going in earnest this week after we returned from Baja and was nearly completed yesterday. I say “nearly” because there was a last ... Read more >
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