Some of the Chapati and eggs cooking action. Daren and Jennifer (from the Global Health Resource Center), if you are looking at this blog entry, yes, I did get permission before I took the picture.
A breakfast joint we ate at in Jinja. It is essentially like Denny's only the food was way better. We got a really good egg, tomato, and cabbage chapati for about $0.66, yes, yes, I know you are jealous.
Me waiting in Kampala for a minibus. Good times.
The fabulous Annie in our minibus on a day excursion to Jinja to see the source of the Nile.
Me in the back seat of the minibus with two of the Swedish Medical Students - Sofi and Theresa. They are really nice and lots of fun. The Swedish medical education system is different from ours. But Sofi and Theresa are 5th year medical students so they are essentially first year residents in the US system.
Annie and I in our sunglasses enjoying the view of the Nile and relaxing a bit.Update:
Today Annie and I went to the hospital for what we thought would be our first day observing in the trauma ward (we were prepared for an exciting and scary day). However, it turned out to be a national holiday ("Hero's Day") and all of the senior medical personnel took the day off. Note to the wise: DO NOT get injured in Uganda on a national holiday! Our coordinator at the Hospital met us and introduced us to some medical students from Northwestern University. We got a short tour of the hospital and a motherly talk from the coordinator about safety in Uganda. This talk included a Strong emphasis on if we wanted to "enjoy ourselves" in Uganda to be sure and use a condom because there is lots of HIV and STIs here. It was pretty funny. Don't worry, I don't plan on "enjoying myself" in Uganda that way. However, it seems like the coordinator has had some experience with students who have. I guess sometimes travel abroad students don't make the best decisions.
Today Annie and I went to the hospital for what we thought would be our first day observing in the trauma ward (we were prepared for an exciting and scary day). However, it turned out to be a national holiday ("Hero's Day") and all of the senior medical personnel took the day off. Note to the wise: DO NOT get injured in Uganda on a national holiday! Our coordinator at the Hospital met us and introduced us to some medical students from Northwestern University. We got a short tour of the hospital and a motherly talk from the coordinator about safety in Uganda. This talk included a Strong emphasis on if we wanted to "enjoy ourselves" in Uganda to be sure and use a condom because there is lots of HIV and STIs here. It was pretty funny. Don't worry, I don't plan on "enjoying myself" in Uganda that way. However, it seems like the coordinator has had some experience with students who have. I guess sometimes travel abroad students don't make the best decisions.
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Hi Christy
Congrats on getting back to Africa! Do a favor for an old lady - Keep an ear on the news. There are a few reports the Uganda/Congo border rebellion is heating up again. I hope the reports are exaggerated. In the meantime, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that:
A). You avoid any trouble areas, or
B). Anything you can't avoid won't be worse than our trip through Borneo's hot zone a few years ago.
Keep the blogs coming and have a great time! Love Aunt Tonna
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