Lillian Towers Hotel Lira

So I have now been on my maiden voyage!! I went to Uganda!!<br><br>Luckily, for my first mission, I was sent to collect a young Swiss girl with malaria. It sounded as though she was really quite sick before, but was getting better by the time we arrived. Thank goodness!<br><br>We landed on this grassy airstrip - with the attention of the ...

We drove up to Murchison Falls which is a 6m wide gap that the Nile flows through. Unfortunately the North of Uganda is still not a safe happy place (borders Sudan and the Congo) so this is as far north as we were prepared to go. Interestingly the drive up was so quiet on the road that it was relaxing and unsettling at the same time.<br><br>The falls was as you would expect impressive, see pics' but it ...

... to upgrade to rooms if available at the sites. Camp site facilities vary from those with hot showers, swimming pools and bars, to those with just a hole in the ground (and a recommendation to hold your nose). We&#8217;ve stayed at a beautiful tea plantation in Uganda and even a convent in Rwanda!<br><br> On to Uganda<br><br> On the way through to Uganda we spent a night in Nakuru national park. Our first lunch was spent there on Baboon Hill - an apt name as we came ...

... that 18 of us would do the morning trek, then the other 2 would be after lunch. So we woke up early and made it out there and felt pretty excited about it. As soon as we made it up to the park ranger station, our tour leader came back and said there was a mistake with the # of people going. Only two groups of six were allowed to go and the rest after lunch. So some volunteers were pulled and the rest of us went back to the camp ...

... work by local writers, so I&#8217;ve gotten some exposure&#8212;will have to get a reading list before I go.<br> Back to Hardy, though, teaching it was so enjoyable&#8212;we traded off covering the chapters and ideas. Periodically he would announce to the class that, &#8220;Madame Brit will take us through this next section, as she is an expert on this symbol.&#8221; I tried to channel Catherine Eshoo and give it my best effort. I would never have ...

... grits left out overnight. It&#8217;s the tofu of grains and really has no taste. Like it&#8217;s soy friend, either people love it or hate it. As I love any starch that benignly pairs with beans, I&#8217;m a fan. Chappati-Those loyal readers of my blog will remember this from my last post. It&#8217;s the crepe/tortilla/fluffy-spongy goodness that is excellent with morning tea. Tea: Southern sweet tea served hot&#8230;it&#8217;s really addicting. I ...

... South to North. Makes me think back to learning about misconceptions in science at OISE.<br><br>Driving in Murchison National Park is hot, so logically you would open a window. However opening windows allows for Tsetse flies to enter the vehicle, this in turn causes the passengers in the vehicle into maniacs as they swat at the over sized biting flies. Brighton told us that Tsetse flies transmit African Sleeping Sickness, and as he put it "it just makes you tired for a few days, and ...

... correct response met with Shame on You, which basically means it is not the EXACT phrase in the teachers guide book. <br><br>This teaching method is also evident throughout the workshop. If we asked a question, the teachers hesitated, afraid to be wrong. The definition of Cooperative education or experiential learning can be determined, simply using knowledge of the English language. <br><br>When the teachers presented, they would ...

... can imagine the dust this kicked up, when vehicles traveled down it at 60-120 km/hour. Constantly reminding me of my lesson on erosion, the roads (paved or dirt) are filled with potholes, which cause the drivers to meander around any bump in the road, the way a snake would wiggle through the grass. Drivers accelerate and brake hard as the move from left to right side of the one lane highway. This is shared by pedestrians, bicycles, boda boda&#8217;s, and vehicles ...

The Following letters are from teenagers in Northern Uganda. Felix was kidnapped at 12 years old and taken into the bush where he was trained to be a child soldier. He was the linguist for his unit because he spoke English well. He was soon training other children to kill and was forced to kill those who refused to take order. He told me, "Their Spirits Haunted Me After I Killed Them!" He knew if he did not kill them he would be killed.