Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Uganda - 8 Jan

-P.S. forgot to mention I lost my boarding pass in London for Entebbe. only a minor setback though. they printed me a new one. i found it later in my folder.

- first full day in uganda. we left the convent for kampala (capital city). we transferred some currency there. one us dollar = about 2 thousand ugandan schillings. i saw lots of pterodactyls as well. huge. and more armed guards. ak47's, rifles, shotguns galore!

-made it to UCU all alive and saying on campus for one night before being taken to my home stay. had some orientation (blah) and a tour of the university. its gorgeous! and huge! and bird-y and tree-y!

-i have a ugandan friend, boniface. he's fun and nice.

-First dinner: rice and beans, mashed banana (mookote), cabbage and some type of starchy-potatoey type vegetable. prolly a potato.

-also discovered a note in my suitcase that my case was opened and inspected by the us dept. of homeland security. yikes.

1 comment:

  1. it was probably because of the knife you had in your bag darlin...

    you better be taking lots of pictures.

    i miss you.

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