We're here

We made it! After an almost 7-hour layover in the Kenya Airport, we made it through the 1 hour flight into Uganda. We were picked up by 2 men-Jonathan and Jeff- that work with the ministry we were going to in Gulu. They drove us into the capital city of Kampala. The drive from the airport to Kampala was almost a sensory overload. Sights, sounds, smells, people, animals, music, everywhere! We would drive past huge crowds of people and then come upon a cow or goat tied up eating grass. It took us about an hour to get into Kampala, then Jonathan bought our bus tickets for the 6-hour ride to Gulu. 

Even though I have been to Africa twice before, I did not use public transportation, except for a few boda-boda (motorbike) rides  and maybe 1 taxi. We took a public bus to Gulu and that was a first for me. There was no A/C and for some reason, the windows were mostly all closed too. I think the Africans thought it was cold outside, but Taylor and I were both sweating inside that bus. We were all packed in tight. Nobody was going anywhere. We stopped way too many times- for gas, for food, to talk to people etc. The bus ride ended up taking 6 ½ hours. 

The most interesting thing from the bus ride was the pineapples we bought.  Uganda has the most delicious, sweetest, freshest pineapple. We bought 3 whole pineapples for 2,000 USh- about 75 cents!! 

Oh yeah...my feet are majorly swollen. If anybody has any advice on that, I'd love to hear it!