First Full Day

Today was our first whole day in Uganda and the rains came in and out all day. The sun finally started to shine through near the end. Its 7 hours ahead here from the east coast.

Driving around here makes NYC look like a walk in the park, at least there's traffic signals there. We were driving in Kampala in our taxi, basically a large van, and a guy on a motorcycle hit someone walking in the street. They both fell to the ground as another taxi ran right into the motorcycleist. Everyone just got up and walked away like it was no big deal!

After lunch we exchanged our US currency for Ugandan Shilings. Its about 1 USD to 2000 UGX. So 250 dollars is about half a million shilings. Everything is relatively inexpensive once you get here. A bottle of coke at a restaurant is around 1000 shilings or around 50 cents.

We spent the rest of the day making our Way from Kampala to Kyotera where we'll be staying for the next three weeks. Its a small town in close proximity to The Bethlehem Parents School and Orphanage. On our way there we passed the equator line, my first time being that far south.

I can't wait for tomorrow, we are going to the school first thing in the morning. I've heard so much about the children and am really looking forward to finally getting there.