Day 5

My formal coffee training has begun. I had no idea coffee can be so technical, so much information i feel like i should be in school. but it should all be worth it once i learn everything.
I have been stuck in the house for 3 days now and going a little crazy, so much to see but ugandans dont do anything on the weekends which kind of sucks but thats the way it is. right out side of my compound the poverty level is incredible, we take so much for granted and here people are content with sleeping in a 4 by 4 hut with no water, electricity or toilet, just make me thankful for all i have.  make me really think of how much we have and how much we waste back in the states. I sit here with my labtop blogging, watching sportscenter on satellite on edmunds HD 50 inch TV, and writing my blog, there are people outside burning wood to make charcoal to sell so they can feed them selves. There is a huge gap between society here that is  unbelievable.
I also learned today that Edmund wants me to drive, and he is giving me my own car/suv. now here if you drive your somebody, if you have a suv your really somebody... normally driving would not be an issue because i love to drive.  But driving here is a whole different story. first of all they drive on the left, second there are no lights or rules and regulation, third the road conditions are horrific. they barely have paved roads and when they do, they are going so fast it is scary. so i am not looking forward to driving at all so it should be an experience. I have taken some photos that whom ever is reading this should look at. Edmund has so many people working for him it crazy, they wont let me do anything, for example he has a gardner, cook, 4 drivers, security guard at night, and treats them all with so much respect everyone loves him. I believe he has 2 blood kids and 6 adopted children, the youngest one is laura which is the first picture. but finally yesterday morning they let me cook my famous omlete.. now i am going to sleep.

Day 4

Saturday was actually a pretty chill day, we didnt do much just stayed in the house and relaxed. The night before was pretty crazy so i need to recover. hopefully monday would be a more exciting day!

Day 3

Day 3

Just to have some back ground of who I am with, I am living in the quest house of Mr. Edmund Kananura, he is the senior quality controller for Uganda Coffee Development authority.  Basically he controls all of the coffee produced in Uganda.

Today was an amazing day, we took a drive to a town called Jinja, this place is incredible.  Jinja is 40 miles east of kamapala, this city of Jinja is the source of the Nile. Now when they told me we were going to see the source of the nile I didn’t understand at first what they ment, but it turns out at lake Victoria is actually the source of the Nile.  The longest and most famous river in the world is right in our back yard and more amazingly the source of this mighty river is right here in this little town called Jinja. I have taken a bunch of pictures of this place which does not look all that glamorous but think about what this place is and the magnitude of this place comes to life. I have never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be standing on the banks of the nile or be at the source of this river.  After about an hour of standing there in complete amazement, we took a 2 hour hike along the nile, through a couple of small fishing villages, walking along side this river and seeing all the little farms and the people and how simple they live is amazing to me. Somehow we ended up with two 12 year boys as our guides. They helped us navigate through the village, and pretty much explain in detail what was going on around us and what the plants and trees were. (check out the pictures of us walking In the villages) on the way back we got caught in a major rain storm which was actually pretty cool, huge rain drops cooled us off and then we started to head back.

On our way back to kampala we stopped by a rainforest and a resort which was located directly in the middle of the forest, they said there was monkeys and small animals  there but I didn’t see any. Check out some of the pictures.

When we got back food was waiting for us, we ate and then went to an open bar in down town kampala. This freaking bar was amazing, music drinks, and I thought I was back in DC for a minute. Anyways we stayed at this bar for about 3 hours, had a few drinks met some people then went home and now im about to sleep since its 430 in the morning. J

P.S

The Ugandan word for white people is MUZUNGO, I never considered my self white but here if you are not black you are white, so I am muzungo.

Day 2

Finally after 22 hours of flying i am finally here, everything is so easy here. People are so nice everyone is trying to help each other out. Customs was a breeze they didnt even check my bags or anything.  walked right up paid the $50 customs fee and was right in. picked up my bags and my driver was waiting for me in the front, i gotta say that was pretty cool.  He had my name typed up and a board, he introduced him self and then we got in his car. Now here is the part which was a complete shock to me, this dude was driving like a maniac weaving in and out of traffic passing cars on a way lane rd with on coming traffic. Dude was insane... there were a couple of very very close calls. any ways i havent slept in 2 days so gonna try and get some sleep. pictures to come very soon

Day 1

I have never really been a nervous kind of person, but today i am a little nervous. Its 1206pm and my flight is not leaving for another 6 hours i thought i would start this blog so friends and family could follow what im doing and know that im safe. more to follow as soon as i land in ugada.