The morning was errand running.
We had lunch at the mall in Kampaal.
Liz got her first salad since arriving in Uganda,
complete with lettuce and everything! It
will likely be her last salad for the next 3 weeks. We set off for the 8 hour drive to Soroti at 4:00. At
dusk the torrential rains began, at times blowing horizontally and flooding the
road. Liz was wishing she were not in
the front seat where she could see, or rather not see, the road ahead. Visibility for her was 1 to 3 feet! The blessings were: Christian music was
playing helping her concentrate on praying we would stay on the road and
survive; Val assured her Africans can see better in the dark than muzungus due
to more rods and cones on their retina; the almost continuous lightening
frequently lit the road in front of us.
We finally arrived, exhausted, at midnight. We being Val, Andy, Liz, Melissa (an
Australian vet student here for a year), Daniel and Rachel (a vet and his wife
just arrived for a 3 year term in Soroti), and their new puppy, Lolli. Lolli is a black and white fluff ball that
had 2 of her toes amputated by Dr. Daniel due to a dog bite. She is named after the Australian term for
hard candy. We don’t think she’ll be
much of a watch dog but she is adorable.
Ugandanisms:
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lines on the road, when paved, are merely suggestions
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Di Sexual Saloon = beauty salon for both sexes
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Your Welcome = a greeting, not a reply to thank you
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It is OK to answer your cell phone at any time,
including lectures, but is considered rude to verbally interrupt someone while
they are eating.
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Pure glucose is advertised as ‘what energizes Uganda’,
kind of like health food.
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