Camp Entebbe

... wall. The oxygen wasn’t connected.

He looked terrible. I was pleased that I had requested an anaesthetist to accompany me on this journey. We got to work straight away. All the equipment had to come from our supplies. This hospital had nothing.

After a couple of hours we were ready to leave. There was no sliding mats or trolleys so it took about 8 of us to heave this patient onto the stretcher and into the back of the ambulance. The driver had strict instructions to ...

The alarm goes off at 4:30 this morning, and I roust about to say goodbye to Mark and Rocky, who leave for the airport at 5am. Rocky has just returned to the hotel recently, having danced the night away at the disco. He reports that he and Marianne had a fantastic time.

I see Lindsay and Chris at breakfast around 9am, and we put finishing touches on hotel arrangements for them during their upcoming long layover in ...

hey all

happy birthday day before i forget!! i sent a message i hope it got to you!!

yesterday left Kampala and travelling alone back to the old times!!! had an amazing bbq at red chilli as a goodbye meal it was the nicest meat in ages, and lots of salads!!

jules went on safari yesteray morning and it was down to making my way to entebbe!!

getting to the taxi park and getrting a ...

... dear friend Edda from my days of working at the Baha'i National Center in Chicago. She is from Finland originally, and has been living here for the past three years. We had a lot of catching up to do in a short time together. We have a nightmarishly early start tomorrow, so I am not able to sit up chatting into the night as I would have liked. Internet connections are sure to be spotty from this point onwards, but I’ll keep posting as I can!

... brick and mud building with open windows. We will be reaching out to the community in a variety of ways throughout the week.

Upon arrival in the village, we had the most incredible welcome I have ever had in my life. As we drove into the village, the children started screaming and running with the bus all the way to the church. When we arrived at the church, there ...

... visiting Ngamba island, and although I am certain for all of us, it will be a highlight of our trip, I couldn't help but feel deep rooted emotions building up inside me as we approached. When we got off the boat, we were immediately instructed to wash our hands and put on a face mask. Concerns for the recent activity of H1N1 have the Sanctuary concerned, fear that an outbreak on Ngamba could have the potential to close the island to visitors, something they rely on for financial support ...

... seems
impossible. We will have to go very simply."



Tomorrow morning, we head to Ngamba Island. Ngamba Island is home to a
chimpanzee sanctuary, initially started by the Jane Goodall Institute
(JGI), but has now been taken over by a seperate government agency. JGI
is still largely involved in the operation of the sanctuary. Just this
week a vet was in the office telling us about the latest addition to
the sanctuary. There was a ...

Hi all, so we made it. After a long journey, 3 flights and 10 hours in London in between flights, thank you dear Joan for our fun trip to Windsor, even though it was hotter there than here. On arrival it was awesome to see hezzy donning a canadian hat, which went well with ours, plus T shirts and flags it was Canada day after all. Lovely to see our wonderful daughter. 3mins ...

... plans to stay back at Sister Monica's. By this time Joseph was drinking his home made spirit in front of me and telling me it was good for his cough. Becky turned up in the late afternoon equally confused so we all agreed to meet on the Saturday and went our own ways. On the way back to the guest house Tom the driver told me he had been arguing with Joseph because the hotel he took us to wasn't safe ...

... later :) Experience gained: aircraft crash is not the only possible threat aboard.

Day 3. 06, May 2007. Welcome to Uganda. Pearl of Africa. African Switzerland. At the Entebbe airport we registered ourselves and got our visas. No one asked us about the purpose for arrival, no one checked our vaccination cards. 30$ for entry. We got the change for 100$ in old 10 notes that are not accepted anywhere in Uganda. Sad but true. Be aware and ...