YAY, more pictures. Enjoy....
I went up the hill to the school to sit on a rock and read...I mean it was Sunday and I needed to not just be sitting my little rooms looking at the walls and my eight-legged roommates (we had a meeting the second day I was there and came to the agreement that if they stay where they are they will live.)
One of our rainwater harvesting tanks. This is the one I use the most since it is right next to my door. As you can see, we are currently at capacity, so if you need water, stop by, the price is reasonable.
On the hill overlooking Lake Victoria, well that's what I'm doing. You are currently looking at me doing just that.
Welcome to my new home. This is basically what you see when you show up at my door...except for the stacks of books under the table.
My first sunrise at my new home. The first day at site, my counterpart took me by this location to show me a bit of the town. You can see the town I live in tucked down there next to the shore.
The second time I went to photo the sunrise a Malibu Stork flew in and did some posing for me. This is the closest picture I have of this species of bird. They are referred to as the garbage eating birds, but either way they are pretty neat creatures.
Before people headed out to the lake to do fishing for the day, the landing is quite a peaceful place. I enjoyed one day watching people coming in from fishing for the day. There is a whole crew of people that wade out to the boat and carry the people, their items, and their daily catch to shore. I guess I'm not quite sensitized to that culture aspect cause I found it a bit humorous to watch.
Uganda is a land of hills and I'd say the majority have cell phone towers on then. The one overlooking town is not different. There are three up there, but no matter, because the view from up there is worth the hike and potential slide down.
Welcome to my home again. This is my kitchen. Equipped with a gas stove, refrigerator, and cabinet space. (Guess you could say I'm not exactly roughing it, but in my own defense, I'd say surviving on a daily basis is pretty rough...especially for a newbie like me. Don't worry though, I'm gonna be Baganda before too long.)
Here is my bedroom leading to my bathing area. It currently does not look like this, but all the items are still there--a bed, mosquito net, and something that passes for an armoir.
My supervisor has a beautiful home. And the flowers around the compound are very pretty. I like these with the little hangy things...sorry not being all biology technical right now.
On my bike purchase day this is what a typical street looks like...the non-traffic jam kind...I am truly impressed with the way people are able to drive here. I'd say it is crazy, but that's still an understatement.
Another flower at my supervisor's home. Had to try out the macro on my camera. At least I got that figured out because I am awfully disappointed with not being able to take good night photos.
I am told that I was giving the impression that Uganda is all pretty and neat, but really I just don't like taking pictures of the not so neat parts. I thought I'd better share, so if you came and visited you wouldn't be completely shocked.
This is probably one of my favorite horse pictures. The mist provided the perfect opportunity for this shot.
This was during our site visit, when we were still trainees, and Khrissee and I passed by a school. They wanted a picture, so I took it for them. The only part I did not appreciate was when they clamps death grips on my new camera to look at it. I was freaking out since I just got it a couple days before after having a man in Wakiso break the one I brought. I do like my new camera though, my one and only splurge. Gots to be able to share pictures with you right?
Just for you dad, my three cycle washing machine. Two wash, one rinse, and then to the line for drying. And like I mentioned before...if it rains, I get an extra rinse cycle...hehehe.
I went up the hill to the school to sit on a rock and read...I mean it was Sunday and I needed to not just be sitting my little rooms looking at the walls and my eight-legged roommates (we had a meeting the second day I was there and came to the agreement that if they stay where they are they will live.)
One of our rainwater harvesting tanks. This is the one I use the most since it is right next to my door. As you can see, we are currently at capacity, so if you need water, stop by, the price is reasonable.
On the hill overlooking Lake Victoria, well that's what I'm doing. You are currently looking at me doing just that.
Welcome to my new home. This is basically what you see when you show up at my door...except for the stacks of books under the table.
My first sunrise at my new home. The first day at site, my counterpart took me by this location to show me a bit of the town. You can see the town I live in tucked down there next to the shore.
The second time I went to photo the sunrise a Malibu Stork flew in and did some posing for me. This is the closest picture I have of this species of bird. They are referred to as the garbage eating birds, but either way they are pretty neat creatures.
Before people headed out to the lake to do fishing for the day, the landing is quite a peaceful place. I enjoyed one day watching people coming in from fishing for the day. There is a whole crew of people that wade out to the boat and carry the people, their items, and their daily catch to shore. I guess I'm not quite sensitized to that culture aspect cause I found it a bit humorous to watch.
Uganda is a land of hills and I'd say the majority have cell phone towers on then. The one overlooking town is not different. There are three up there, but no matter, because the view from up there is worth the hike and potential slide down.
Welcome to my home again. This is my kitchen. Equipped with a gas stove, refrigerator, and cabinet space. (Guess you could say I'm not exactly roughing it, but in my own defense, I'd say surviving on a daily basis is pretty rough...especially for a newbie like me. Don't worry though, I'm gonna be Baganda before too long.)
Here is my bedroom leading to my bathing area. It currently does not look like this, but all the items are still there--a bed, mosquito net, and something that passes for an armoir.
My supervisor has a beautiful home. And the flowers around the compound are very pretty. I like these with the little hangy things...sorry not being all biology technical right now.
On my bike purchase day this is what a typical street looks like...the non-traffic jam kind...I am truly impressed with the way people are able to drive here. I'd say it is crazy, but that's still an understatement.
Another flower at my supervisor's home. Had to try out the macro on my camera. At least I got that figured out because I am awfully disappointed with not being able to take good night photos.
I am told that I was giving the impression that Uganda is all pretty and neat, but really I just don't like taking pictures of the not so neat parts. I thought I'd better share, so if you came and visited you wouldn't be completely shocked.
This is probably one of my favorite horse pictures. The mist provided the perfect opportunity for this shot.
This was during our site visit, when we were still trainees, and Khrissee and I passed by a school. They wanted a picture, so I took it for them. The only part I did not appreciate was when they clamps death grips on my new camera to look at it. I was freaking out since I just got it a couple days before after having a man in Wakiso break the one I brought. I do like my new camera though, my one and only splurge. Gots to be able to share pictures with you right?
Just for you dad, my three cycle washing machine. Two wash, one rinse, and then to the line for drying. And like I mentioned before...if it rains, I get an extra rinse cycle...hehehe. 
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