June 25, 2008

We're here in Buhkaweka, Uganda. Just getting here was quite an adventure. We spent a night in Dubai, the only time I'll ever be in the Emirates. We saw a large mall with an indoor ski slope, the famous sailboat shaped hotel that costs at minimum $2000 a night, and drove on the island shaped like a palm tree. I felt very uncomfortable being amongst all this money. The flight to Dubai was amazing--good service, good food, and the coolest tvs with hundreds of movies, tv shows and games to keep you entertained during the flight.





When we finally made it to Uganda the Tanzania group's counterpart had not arrived so we waited with them while they figured everything out. We then drove to Kampala to change money and went on to Mbale. We finally reached home around 12:30 am and our house is great. Its across the street from the old Crossroads house which is now being used to house a Peace Corps volunteer. We've got a sitting room, a room for the boys, and 2 1/2 rooms for the girls. Out back are our 2 holes. We woke up this morning and all got on boda-bodas--motorcycle taxis-- to the intersection and then got on a matatu to Mbale. We spent the day buying supplies for our house and now have a stove, dishes and food. We got back to Bukhaweka with electricity and cooked our first meal of rice and vegetables!