Heading to Uganda for a short term trip!! It's exciting to be leaving the country again, although I could do without all the packing. This trip is only for a few weeks but the packing always seems to end to be a last minute activity. No matter how many things I set aside and pick up along the way, I never seem to have it together until the night before. Never fails there is always one more thing to get. And as I sit here writing this, I wish I had time tomorrow to head back to EMS.
I will be heading to eastern Uganda to work in a clinic that is part of an orphanage and school. Friends of mine who I met prior to working in Afghanistan moved to Uganda in April to manage the clinic and school. The nurse at the clinic is away and they asked if I could come out and help. Another friend of mine is coming along and will be working at the orphanage doing various projects and organizing games for the kids. During our free time, we hope to sneak in a safari and/or a white water rafting trip.
Checked the weather and its warm dry heat during the day but it appears to cool off a bit at night. Electricity and all the amenities we take for granted in this country will be available sporadically. Hoping its cool enough where we won't need a fan. While at the orphanage, in order to be respectful the dress code for women is skirts that come past the knees and shirts, no spaghetti straps or tank tops. Men, long pants and shirts. In the city we can wear shorts.
I'm trying to pack light but I think its a lost cause. Either way, I need to get back to figuring out how many outfits one needs for working in the clinic, safari and a possible white water rafting excursion.
Keep Smiling!
