So it’s been a few days since Ive updated: chalk it up to only having power a few hours a day and very bad internet at home! I don’t’ have much to say in this post- nothing too exciting has happened in the past couple days. But expect a good post next week because I’m going on safari!
Yay! I’m really excited, my trip will consist of Murchison Falls, the Nile Delta, a game preserve, a boat trip on the Nile and rhino tracking! I’ll be sure to take a ton of pictures- hopefully there’s somewhere I can recharge a camera as I’m sure ill use up my whole battery the first day…
This week I’ve done a few interviews, went to Lake Victoria on Saturday and ate a whole deep fried tilapia with “chips”, and visited Maureen’s family. I also misguidedly ate some chicken that is not being so kind to me…
My host family is generally really good about remembering that I’m white and have a very weak constitution compared to them, but occasionally they forget. Sunday we went to visit Maureen’s sister who owns a small general store type thing and we sat out on the porch and drank beer and watched Beethoven in Luganda (surreal). As usual no one could say my name and even Kate wasn’t going over so well. After repeating it about 10 times they gave up and gave me a name in Lugandan. I can’t remember it right now, but I’ll have to ask Ivan and post it later. Basically they picked a Buganda tribe for me and then a common name from that tribe, it means “something precious” in Lugandan. Lol. Anyway, I was having a really good time and after we had been sitting there for a while everyone was insisting that I eat something. I refused at first, but in Uganda people seriously do not let it go, you basically have to let them give you food or they say that you have an ‘unhealthy appetite’ or that you’re sick or whatever. It’s especially rude to refuse food the first time you go to someone’s house. So they sent an errand boy to go buy roast chicken for everyone up the street. I should have realized then that I was screwed. But unfortunately just at that moment Beethoven was causing some hilarious mayhem and I was distracted from the white person in Africa cardinal rule “never ever eat anything you haven’t seen prepared with your own eyes.”
In summation I am not feeling so well today, but keep your fingers crossed that I’m better in time to chase down some zebras!
More about Lake Victoria (which is beautiful) and my safari for next post!
Adios,
Kaitlyn
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