Not sure how well this will work as the internet connection here is slowish and electricity supply variable!
We touched down at Entebbe Airport around 10.10pm local time (8.10pm BST) last Wednesday evening after a long but easy flight via Brussels and Nairobi. The plane was three-quarters empty so there was lots of space and a very attentive cabin crew!
We were met after a swift passage through immigration by Stephen and Sandy Waldron (JoJo's brother and his wife) who are part of a small team based here establishing an orphanage for AIDS-infected children on a beautiful peninsula between Entebbe and Kampala, a stone's throw from the shore of Lake Victoria. A short drive brought us and our 150kilos of luggage to their rented house a few miles south of Kampala, where we had a very warm torchblit welcome and managed to get to bed safely.
Yesterday - Thursday - having met the rest of the Cherish Uganda team, we had a tour of the site of the orphanage with Stephen and Sandy and their site team - Paul and Mark (see pictures). Then off to Entebbe for tilapia and chips by the lake and a tour of the peaceful and magnificent botanical gardens, including first sighting of vervet monkeys and some wonderful birdlife. We also stopped off at a fishing village - where the poverty was shattering. Fishermen are relatively wealthy but waste it - we were told - on alcohol, gambling and prostitutes.
Today we ventured into the teeming, chaotic and polluted heart of Kampala, picking up a few essentials, discovering some Ugandan crafts, and travelling back to Kiganzi in a taxi-bus! Highlight - apart from the overwhelming smells, noise, dust and pressure of population - was the discovery of 'jackfruit' (largest fruit in the world), consumed initially cautiously and then voraciously - it was delicious.
Tomorrow we move to Uganda Christian University at Mukono.
Just failed tom upload images - so keep checking!
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