So after about 26 hours of travel, I have reached Uganda. We’ve been here for a couple of days, and so far everything has been going well.
We’ve met the people we’re training, and they are really interesting. The weather is WONDERFUL! The food is great and the people on the trip are amazing (give or take a few). Also, the adults who we are on the trip with are DOPE AS FUCK. Professor Honderich aka Kiaran is awesome and chill as fuck, Jonathan is cool as shit and Justin is so chill….and even better, they all give ZERO fucks. Kiaran recommended that we try Waragi, which is Ugandan Gin that’s made from bananas. When we went out to dinner they also allowed us to drink in front of them, which I was not expecting.
However, one thing that I really need to get used to are these bathrooms in the hotel/hostel…I actually cannot deal with it. Our rooms are nice, but HOLY SHIT…these bathrooms are struggzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. It’s really making my stay here so much less enjoyable, but I don’t know what I was expecting…just something a little better than this…
Also, the food service here is atrocious. We’ve went out to eat twice, and each time we’ve waited over an hour for our food! But the food was good both times so that makes it a little better…
But, on a different note, yesterday was the first day of training, and I felt super under prepared to teach my student, Jovia, the modules, but as the day progressed I got the hang of it, and everything went smoothly. She had her baby with her which made things a little difficult, but she was eager to learn and she picked up the information very quickly…I would dub day one a SUCCESS.
SIDE BAR: Flirting does NOT cross cultural lines. Every time the guys try and flirt with me it feels super inappropriate and and I don’t like it. I also don’t like that we get stared at EVERYWHERE we go, but I totally understand it. We are strangers in there home, so I guess they have every right to check us out…I know I’d do the same thing.
MORE TO COME!
