All bags off-board? Well everybody’s except team leader, Claire (thanks Claire for taking the hit for the team!). Everybody enjoyed their own clothes and Claire enjoyed them too!
So here we were all 7 of our 9 member team:
* Claire (fearless and faithful (and great!) leader except when it comes to riding in cars)
* Louise (quietly feisty in her passion and compassion for people and humanitarian needs)
* Hilda (quiet, gentle in demeanor and equally compassionate)
* Dorian (not as quiet and full of happy life and attitude. A champ at sitting in the back, back)
* Amanda (quiet, strong in character (and stomach; worth listening to when she offers an opinion. Alias: Amander or just ‘Mander - amazingly having little to do with her and more to do with our UK component)
* Christopher (The UK component. Not to be judged by his cover - intelligent, adventuresome and not easily rattle. BTW: Geneva (pronunciation /dʒənivə/; French: Genève /ʒənɛv/, German: Genf /gɛnf/, Italian: Ginevra /dʒi'neːvra/, Romansh: Genevra) But haven’t heard of Genever /dʒəniver/! Hmmm?)
* Geoff (pronounced “Joff.” Perhaps the Mike Duffy of the team? Questions, questions, questions for which we were all, grateful and benefited greatly)
* Tuppy (snappy-happy and equally passionate in her compassion for mammals of all kinds. post scrip: mammalia includes humans)
(back row L to R: Louise, Tuppy, Hilda, Robyn, Chris)
(front row L to R: Geoff, Claire, Dorian, Amanda)
The 7 at Entebbe airport made 9 when Amanda joined the team later that night after a harrowing experience travelling from Tanzania to Kampala. Chris joined us sometime in the middle of the night after having slept through his first bus departure in Nirobi! Did I mention that Chris isn’t a morning man?
We had two primary drivers during our two week study tour: Henry (from Kampala) and Pias (from Lira). Our CPAR Uganda representative on tour with us, and my room mate, was Mercy a native Ugandan born in Acholi-land at the infamous Lacor Hospital, Gulu.
After a supper party at the CPAR Kampala office, introductions and a (sleepy on my part) orientation to CPAR Uganda we headed back to our hotel for a sort-of shower and bed.
First Day Impressions
I must be in Africa . . .
o The UN is everywhere
o The roads are red
o Waiting
o Waiting
o Waiting
o Mosquito nets
I must be in an African city . . .
o The traffic . . . well . . .The TRAFFIC
o The people: beautiful, black, lots, hot, sweating, dressed and dressed nice
o Billboards
o “Jams”
o horns
o traffic circles
o boda boda’s (motorcycle taxi)
(CLICK HERE for Day One Webshots)
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