27 March - Uganda!

27 March

Nakuru - Jinja, Uganda

Erik:

The border was very easy. The conversations were great on the back of the truck. We passed a lot of smiling and waving kids. Ugandans are very nice and very friendly so far.

We went to the market for cook groups 2 (Rory & I) and 3 (Dan & Mark) to stock up for their dinner nights. Ishi gives each group a budget and they have to get the most they can at the markets. We got 5kg of veggies and 1kg of meat for under $8usd. Group 3 got 3 live chickens for 25,000USh (~$10) and a 1,000USh execution fee. Pretty great.

The market was great fun.

Steph:

Getting into Uganda was exciting. The whole landscape and feel changed almost immediately. The landscape switched from Savannah type brush to lush, green and more banana fields. Kenya is so developed. I felt like every single patch of land was being used up for something. Here in Uganda it's back to beautiful mud huts and farming only one farm inland from the road. It has a bit of a Malawi feel. I love it. People are dressed more traditionally rather than the modern, city styles I saw a lot in Kenya. It's bright green rice patties and banana trees all over the place.

The market we stopped in was great. It was fun watching everyone try to haggle, since it was a lot of people's first time. I was sent off to find eggs and found a stand with a nice younger kid manning it. I needed a lot of eggs and bought out his whole inventory. Naturally, I asked for a discount because I was buying so much. He laughed and laughed with his buddy but I kept smiling and insisting, "yeah, a discount". He finally said, "ok, discount. Wait here." and he ran off. I thought, oh no, this guy doesn't know what it means and now I have to wait. So I stood there awkwardly. He came running back with one egg in his hand, put it in my bag, smiled at me and said, "discount, thank you." It was cute.

We arrived at the Nile River Explorers Camp around 8 and set up our tents while Rory and Erik made a delicious potato and beef dinner. It rocked. Again, this group is really fun. It's going to be a great little trip.

Last bit of Kenya

Dave :)

Back of the truck