Bukoba :)

After a long and interesting ferry ride, I'm finally in Bukoba!

to preface this post, the "shift" button only works for certain letters--advanced warning for the awkward grammar of the blog!

Let's begin with the ferry. How to begin, is really the question. We boarded and were literally swarmed by lake flies outside our room. We don't come lightly, lets just say that, so it takes us a while to transport all of our stuff. We got into our rooms, locked up our stuff, had dinner and sat around near the bar for a while. I think we were all pretty tired so we turned in pretty early. The bathrooms--my first mentally trying experience. The hole in the ground was fine, I camp so I know whats up with that but the spiders in the stall were a challenge for me. I thankfully didn't notice their size and abundance until I was done, but my goodness I did not go back there. The huge grasshopper I had to remove from our room was also interesting, but not quite as scarring of an experience for me. It was an interesting ride, though! We got to Bukoba early this morning and took a van to Williams house.

William's house is so nice! His wife, Jackie, made us a great breakfast and we settled in. This afternoon we have been walking around town and stopped to buy some supplies. We will be figuring out the schedule for the rest of the trip today with Mr. Raza.

Bukoba is really busy! Not quite the peace and quiet in Africa I was expecting! Its a little hectic, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. Everyone on the trip has been really fun and I love the people here. I don't understand much, but when I hear Mzungu (white person) I know they are talking about us, which is always pretty amusing. We get a fair amount of stares, but the kids are the friendliest. I'm excited to start our projects and go to the girls school. This is all so different and its really fun to see it all. more to come later!


It's hard to articulate this experience well with the little time I have on the computer. Dont worry, though, I'll remember it all to tell you when I'm back.

Love you guys! 

P.s.--I was less than impressed with my email inbox, people!!

and Peter, I tripped over some odd metal object so your injury to my toe is not the only one now, hopefully thats somewhat comforting to you!