First Day in Kampala

Angela and I arrived in Entebbe last night and were greeted by Angela's family and friends. We drove the hour back to Kampala with Angela's aunt, uncle, cousins, and brother, all of whom were very nice. Her little cousins were incredibly cute. We were then treated to a delicious dinner of chapati, beef, peas, and rice. We also had fresh juice, all at Angela's house. Today we took the morning to recover from out jet lag. Angela got her hair done and we hung out with her older brother. We ate good food and watched Ugandan TV, both MTV in English and the movie Beethoven dubbed over and narrated in Luganda, which was fun. This afternoon we took a taxi to buy phones and supplies. The taxi was cool- driving here is generally different and more crowded. I'm excited but nervous to try a boda boda soon. I'm so glad that Angela knows how it all works -I would be totally lost here without her. We got good phones (the one I got is probably fancier than the one I have at home) and visited Angela's aunt in the store that Angela's aunt and mother run. We then went to Hardware world, where we found a lot of what we needed. We were unprepared for the wires to be measured in mm instead of inches, so we are going to go back soon to get the electrical equipment. Everything's going really well- I can't wait for the rest of the team to get here!

Tess