Entebbe;; first night in Uganda

Successful trip. Meeting with the group tomorrow; spending the night in a hotel with another girl in the program I met on the plane here tonight. I'm so happy to know someone, and someone as kind as her. Fortunate to be sharing a hotel--first thing I saw off the plane were militia men with automatic weapons. So grateful to have a room and not spend the night at the airport. Flying in was an experience in it's own right. It was so incredibly dark--crossing the Atlantic and into the country. The pilot announced when we were over Sudan and then again when we passed it. So there's that.

My new found friend and I left the airport in a van/shuttle for the hotel. We passed so many people: walking and biking and riding motorcycles. We passed fewer vans and cars then pedestrians. It's hot and humid here and most women are wearing light skirts and loose t-shirts. The men are dressed more casually and resemble many American men. The hotel is nice; something equivalent to a Best Western or La Quinta. I'm excited to see the city in daylight tomorrow and experience more of what it has to offer.

I know the semester hasn't truly begun, I have no course work and haven't gone through orientation, but I'm in Uganda and know I will be for a while. I guess that realization that I made a choice to be here and now I'm here has finally sunk in. I'm in Africa. Who does that? This kid. I wouldn't say that I'm scared, but I'm definitely nervous about the months to come and what they will bring. Apprehensive. I hope I do good work that will be useful writing and researching later. I hope I learn the things most valuable offered by this program. I hope I have a really awesome 3 and half months.


I meet the rest of the group tomorrow and will be in Kampala for the next two weeks (I think) for an orientation. It's after one in the morning here and I feel like I should take advantage of the comfortable hotel bed while I have it.

Missing everyone.

Thanks for reading.