Saturday 19th June – Day 163 Miraculously we managed to be up anmd rid of our guests (Sophie, Caitlin and Shaun) by 10am – our departure time for Mbale, but Boz wasn’t quite packed yet. At 11am we spoke to Joseph – he...
Category - Uganda
Uganda: At the end of it all…
At the end of it all… So I write this, my final blog in Uganda sitting in Backpackers Kampala. Had a nice chilled day, visiting...
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Uganda: Last Days of School (Days 186 – 190)
Monday 12th July – Day 186 P6 hadn’t learn the poem so I gave them a verse each to learn instead. Then in the...
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Uganda: Heather’s Village (Days 170 – 185)
Saturday 26th June – Day 170 (50 days to go) We tried to leave early (ish) but were blighted by Mary wanting to make...
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Saturday 12th June – Day 156 Abseiling was cancelled, due to the fact everyone was a little hung over and it would takes ages to get there! So instead we chilled out at Backpackers until lunchtime when we pushed over to Garden City...
Saturday 5th June – Day 149 Getting up was a struggle, but the loud drumming from somewhere on the grounds helped! Back at project we were having a visitor, who was seeing if their nephew could come and work here for a few months. By the...
Tuesday 25th May – Day 138 An early morning shopping trip, which included factor 50 sun cream – I wasn’t taking any chances! Incredibly the entire day was spent on the beach, simply in and out of the ocean trying to body surf...
A bit of a catch-up, hopefully I’ll get up to date later this week. Wednesday 5th May – Day 118 Caitlin’s had her appendix removed! Getting back from Kampala after Dad’s visit, I discovered my sweets box lid ajar –...
Wednesday 21st April – Day 104 Dad’s Shock and Sudden Departure My plan was to spend the next few days until Dad’s scheduled arrival on Saturday in Kampala, so spent the morning packing and adding the finishing touches to the...
Tuesday 13th April – Day 96 Dan and Rob’s – Almost We managed to get into Kampala at a decent hour, stoping at Nakumatt to get the boys gifts of soda and deodorant (they need it…) When we got to the taxi park, we managed to...
Monday 29th March – Day 81 “I’m blue da-bo-di-da-bo-di…” We prepped the room before school, kicking our stuff out and the bed to the middle of the room. School was normal, with nearly all my P6 maths in tears at some...
Monday 22nd March – Day 74 The Earliest Bedtime Ever! I got woken up by a dog sniffing my face. Then we had to try and sneak out of Jon’s as other guests weren’t suppose to be staying over – it failed miserably because...
Friday 12th March – Day 63 Rwanda It’s an 11hr bus ride to Kigali, Rwanda, broken up by the occasional toilet stop. The music and films were a little iffy to be honest and I mostly sat talking or listening to my Ipod. I managed to...