Bukuuku, Uganda

Travel Blogs from Bukuuku (6)

Installation successful!, Bukuuku, Uganda travel blog
Installation successful!
Jun 10, 2005

Well, we fixed it. First, we built a new antenna pole. Think power lines. We're talking a 1.5 meter hole in the ground, six 2x4s, a 3x4, and the 6 meter pole we were previously using. It's about 10 meters tall, and that thing won't be going ANYWHERE. ...

A travel blog entry by mrm
A day in Nyarukamba, Bukuuku, Uganda travel blog
A day in Nyarukamba
May 27, 2005

... it) in the tiny village with us. Still, we had about 40 "participants," mostly children (actually, 75% of the population of Uganda is under 18, so that's normal). The site is almost ready now, we only have to attach the antenna and wireless equipment to ...

A travel blog entry by mrm
Another day in Bukuuku, Bukuuku, Uganda travel blog
Another day in Bukuuku
May 24, 2005

Today we're completing the installation of the server system at the Community Knowledge Centre in Bukuuku. (I discovered today that it's actually spelled with a double 'u'. There are three Bukukus in Uganda.) Tomorrow we'll be starting on the relay station ...

A travel blog entry by mrm
Survey day, Bukuuku, Uganda travel blog
Survey day
May 26, 2005

Today we visited all of the villages where we plan to install equipment, with the exception of Nyarukamba, the village on the mountain. By the time we were ready, the weather was bad and we couldn't go. We spent most of the time sending our friend Joshua ...

A travel blog entry by mrm

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