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4 Upper Kololo Terrace Kololo Kampala, Uganda
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Is that a plane?
... chamber. Apparently they used to put a foot of water on the ground and then electrocute people standing in it. Lovely thought. And they had cells built into the wall which they would fill with prisoners until many suffocated. If I believed in ghosts, this is where they'd be.
So after that, he sold me a painting, of course. It was the carpet market all over again. Went into the little museum that is just a room full of pictures of the king ...
North of the Equator
... changed after returning from Somalia in 1995. Sure dad
still bought things here and there but he never seemed to be as big
of a consumer of things as most dads. It influenced and continues to
influence my thinking. I try to keep my “stuff” to a minimum. One
of the ironies is that a lot of the stuff I now have was dads stuff
before he passed. I think I am going to take a hard look at all my
stuff when I get home to see where it can be reduced or passed on ...
Down a Red Dirt Road
Written by Erica
Getting out of the capital city can be the best way to see what a country really has to offer in regards to aesthetic gifts. Just when the city has gotten ...
Traffic and People and Rapids Oh My!!
... The villages surrounding Kampala, including the villages sitting below my hotel do not have running water, which is remarkable since my hotel was only a 20 minute drive into downtown Kampala.) Anyway, as I made my way past the throngs already in the market, I watched people wandered around with just about everything under the sun on the their head. I saw women with bananas, men with toilet paper, a man with a basket with ducks and on and on. It was very ...
The end of the beginning
... soup and baked beans! It really has been quite an experience and a series of lessons to myself about many things, that I’m sure would only continue if I stayed here for longer. As Christina, a past volunteer said to me, in her 10 months she found the cultural lessons never stopped. Well, unfortunately they do here for me, but I have no doubt that I will be back at some point, even if only for a visit.
Today should see me head to Bwindi ...



