We gave mom and martin approximately 11 hours to rest and recoup before whisking them off to the hot-spot tourist destination of Jinja. (Home of the Source of the Nile and Bujjagali Falls)
Sr. Valentine graciously acted as our
tour guide for the day, explaining the history and pointing out all the insider details of our journey.
It was a large, but interesting, caravan of people including: Father Henry, Amber, Michael, Sr. Valentine, Mama Tony, Dan, Sr. Emma, Mom, myself and Martin. The motley crew of friends and family gave a unique perspective of Uganda, from the attitudes of citizens, visitors, volunteers, Americans, Canadians, British, young and old-er.
Before mom and martin came, i had big dreams of all the things we would do together. One of those dreams was to get up early every day to take a walk to the lake as the sun was rising.
Some people, i won't name names, thought they were on some kind of vacation.... So getting up before the sunrise wasn't exactly on their itinerary.
Here's a picture of the one time we walked to Lake Victoria.
Since blizzards and shut-down airports delayed the family visit by 2 weeks, we had a Christmas celebration in January. They may look like they're shy and quiet kids...but a few minutes later Pauline was dancing "Stamina" and Vale was working with Martin to build his Lego house.
Uganda left it's mark in just 3 short weeks! i was walking out of a shop, which happens to be on a busy street, when i heard the sounds of of a straw broom ...i quickly turned, half expecting to see someone bent over sweeping the sidewalk...no, their broom had a handle which allowed them to STAND UP as they were sweeping...sigh~if it wasn't for the fact i would have ended up on the street, or been cited for public intoxication...i would have closed my eyes and imagined being in Uganda, with Celeste (oops, wasn't supposed to name names), sleeping in as the sun was peeking out, and waking to the swish of the neighbors sweeping the sidewalks...good times! ...the sleeping, and being with Celeste~
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