Well I'm in Uganda, but I'm not "there" yet. I flew out of dulles weds night at 5:50 PM, got to Brussels a little after 7 am their time, then my flight to Entebbe was at 10:50 AM. Honestly, I thought the Belgians could have done better. No waffles, pretty weak food selection, and NO WIRELESS. howewer, what they lacked in wifi, they almost made up for in the array of outlets they offer for charging devices. I actually took a picture but am not sure I can upload to the blog from my iPad so I'll have to figure that out. Anyway, flew to Africa, stopped in Kigali, Rwanda. Picked up/dropped off passengers and they sprayed the plane - weird. Not sure what that was for. Then we continued on to entebbe, Uganda.
I was pretty fortunate to be in the second row of economy so I was able to get of the plane speedily and get my visa and thru immigration quite quickly. My bags arrived, no problems either. My driver, emma (short for Emmanuel) was a little late but I found him and he drove me to my hotel. There was a fan in the room by one of the beds, the other bed had a bed net. I decided to chance it and sleep on the bed by the fan. Not a HUGE mistake but I got one big bite on my arm so around 5:30 am I switched beds. Bed nets are great - seriously. Now I totally get the whole "nothing but nets" charity thing, firsthand experience. Before I went to sleep I took a reasonably hot shower and talked to my dad on the phone... I just couldn't get to sleep since even though it was 2:30 am, I felt like it was about 6:30 pm... So not really bedtime yet.
A few observations thus far... Saw a nando's in Kampala (yes, AMC, as in peri-peri). Hearing Rihanna and eminem on the radio is kind of weird, as well as the bastardized cover of American pie I heard today.
Today I woke up and had breakfast at my hotel, then Emma met me and we started the drive to Mbale, where I am now. First we stopped so I could get Internet set up for my iPad for a LOT less than the exorbitant rates AT&T was charging me for international. We also went to Shoprite (same name but a different store, very well stocked however), and I got some snacks and stuff, then we got on the road. They do drive pretty crazy here, mainly because of the number of bikes and motorbikes in the road, so you're constantly beeping at them and swerving around them. Now I'm in Mbale, waiting for Caitlan, the volunteer coordinator for AAH to meet up with me. I'm at a little Internet cafe just chilling on my iPad - free wireless is awesome!
Hopefully we leave for the village soon and I can get some sleep.
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