Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Day 1: We have arrived!

Wednesday, May 22 2013.

Today was a long day – we all arrived at Logan airport at about 6 am, and after a few passport misadventures managed to fly smoothly to London and then on to Entebbe. It was 77 degrees when we landed at 7:45 on Wednesday morning, but it would climb into the mid eighties throughout the day. We were greeted but McCay and Cato, our guide  and driver, respectively, as well as by Reginah’s “brothers” (in Ugandan culture cousins are considered to be one’s brothers and sisters). We drove around Kampala, to avoid the heaviest city traffic, and made our way to Jinja for lunch, where we tried our first matoke and some other Ugandan staples. One student had a “Rumble in the Jungle” pizza (lots of chili and cheese, but only one of our group (Prof. Sullivan) was old enough to understand the reference.

After Jinja we drove through some major forest and crop land; we finally arrived at the guesthouse in Bumwalukani at about 5:45. We unloaded our bus, moved in, and hung out until we were fed a delicious dinner of rice,potatoes, cooked peas, fresh vegetables, and  fabulous pineapple. Molly, our volunteer coordinator, presented us with some tips for surviving in rural Uganda. We split into small groups to complete our lesson plans for tomorrow,after which we all fell into bed, exhausted but ready for tomorrow. 

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