On our first morning in Kabale, in the mountains of southern Uganda, we met a young blond woman named Yana. We were in a bakery, and she offered to assist us. We got to talking, and she told us that she is a volunteer who has been in Uganda for Continue Reading
Uganda
Observations about Uganda
It is lush and green, even now at the end of the dry season. It is one of the safest countries in Africa. It is known as “The Pearl of Africa”. The staple dish is ‘matoke’, a mash of cooked plantains. It tastes like very gluey potatoes, but lumpier and Continue Reading
The Bus Trip
Today we rode the bus in Uganda. It wasn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last. We caught a shared minivan, known as a ‘matatu’, from our hotel on the outskirts of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, to the area of town where the buses park. There are Continue Reading