This morning the Coline, Ann and myself decided to take a trip out to a village. We wanted to just walk around and see what village life is like. We decided to go to Katosi which is about a 1 hour mutatu ride from Mukono. As usually the mutatu ride was absolutely terrifying. They were driving as fast a possible on old dirt roads and we were swerving everywhere. Believe me if you are going to die in Uganda it won’t be from AIDS or war, but rather any form of transportation.
When we arrived in Katosi we just started walking around. It is a small fishing village on the lake so we took a few pictures of the boats and some crazy birds and then decided to walk further into the remote villages. We of course were swarmed by every child in site yelling “bye muzungu” This went on for the whole time we were there.
It was a great village and we were greeted by everyone on the path. They were all curious why we were walking away from the town and not to the town. When we spoke to them in Lugandian they were all very excited. Especially the older people.
This village wasn’t as remote as the one I went to last time I was in Uganda. In that village they still lived in grass and mud huts and had never seen white people before. I was hoping for more of that, but still enjoyed myself.
After some time we decided to head back to Mukono. The ride back wasn’t so bad but we had a full mutatu (22 people) I think Ann was a bit shocked, but Coline and I were both used to it because we had been here before.
Tonight I cooked dinner for all the volunteers. Spaghetti and tomato sauce from scratch. I don't really cook much at home so I was a bit worried how this would turn out. It was okay but the tomato paste they have here is brown so that color of the sauce was weird. The other volunteers thought it would good. I hope they weren't just saying that to make me feel better.
We have 2 small girls that live with us, Sarah(6 years old) and Katherine (3 years old). Sarah loved watching me good, especially because I had brought some silly gadgets we have in Canada. She never really smiles but we were able to catch a photo of her in the kitchen with me and she actually smiled. It was a nice moment.
Another cool thing was that the president drove by our house. He and his very long line of cars and guards. The people in our area were very excited.
That's it for now. Tomorrow I am taking Jimmy to Kampala to get tested. I will also take him for some Muzungu food. Should be a good time.
Jenn
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