So as people can tell I haven’t really blogged for the month
of August. That has been due to busyness and lack of internet. In this blog I
will summarize my month of August. Many things told in this blog I will
describe in more detail later.
On August 3rd
through 8th, Dr. Lovett came to visit. We spent a few days at the
school where I am, a day at a rhino park (the topic of another blog), and
another in Cornerstone’s offices in Kampala. I will wait to write this blog
until I can post pictures because it requires that.
Between the
13th and 18th, I met up with two other HNGR interns one
in western Uganda and the other Rwanda. We spent a few days in Kampala and a
day rafting the Nile in Jinja. We watched the newest Batman movie. For me being
from Pittsburgh where it was filmed, it seemed like my city was blowing up.
When the battles occurred, I couldn’t help but thinking, “Hey I know that
place” and “That’s such and such building or bridge that just got destroyed.”
It’s sometimes weird seeing my hometown while in Uganda: it seems so out of
place. Rafting in Jinja was also nice, involving several trips in the water and
a big gash on my head of which I have no idea how I got. During one set of
rapids I got knocked into the water and when I came back into the boat, I had a
cut on my forehead, without the slightest clue how it got there. I will provide
pictures soon.
I then wrote
a couple essays for HNGR, including an ethnography. That is an anthropological
write up after observing a culture/place. The culture I observed was a grocery
shop. This took longer than expected because of little electricity.
I then
visited a friend’s home in Bushenyi – in southwestern Uganda – on August 30th
until September 2nd. This will be the topic for another blog.
As one can
see my August month was a little packed, and I am just getting back to normal
to a place where I can blog. I know I have some catching up to do. As time
progresses, I will hopefully write some more. I will likely have another
picture blog around October when I take another trip into Kampala that will
include some from these trips and a few others.
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