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Travel Blogs from Kampala
Sauntering through Kampala
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Adrian even got to drink BEER in the movie theatre and our tickets included free sodas. And we had an entire leg of goat at the indian restaurant. I have no idea how we finished it. There was enough meat for 4 people.
And Adrian also had a fun day on a boda boda tour with a well known local who runs a safe ride around the city. By safe, I mean he gives all passengers helmets and goes at less than insane speeds through the crazy ...
The effect of others experiences...
... system here. The nurses are great and well educated and hopefully the resources and government money for resources will increase and be able to improve some of these conditions. There is no overnight fix and knowing this has been one of the most difficult to acknowledge while I have been here but I am working on it.
All of this while I was doing inventory with one of the nurses from the Wentz's Medical Center...wouldn't have changed a thing!
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Ugandan Adventures
... held on to my harness and I scooted closer to the edge until my toes were hanging off the edge. I then had to slowly lower my arms from the railing above my head and wave to the camera man that was standing off in the distance. He told me he was going to then countdown from 3 and I just had to jump forward and out and gravity would do the rest. Now I have dove off a 10m platform at a pool before and that was absolutely nothing compared to looking the 43m down into the ...
I am in LOVE with a broken heart
... our work places became apparent for me here as how much we waste back home became so apparent to me as I stood in the equivalency of my workplace in a good hospital in Africa. There is a public NICU which I will be working in next week which I expect to be over crowded with few resources like the rest of the public wards. The dialysis unit was also an eye opener. This was another private unit with top notch equipment from Japan. The treatments ...
Their reality vs ours?!?!
... malaria’ ect. BAN appears to be very thorough with their information gathering and reaching each home to provide malaria education. There were handouts given with both written and illustrative information regarding malaria.
I have to be honest...I thought I would be more affected than I was with the conditions that these people live in. I don’t know if it was the fact that everyone appeared quite happy or that I realized that they know no different so ...