It is Saturday. We spent the morning at a conference with future international adoptive parents, then toured a babies home (birth through age 3) and shopping. Thankfully, we had wonderful guides from AFC who gave us their afternoon.
Our husbands appreciate that with a few exceptions, credit cards are not used in Uganda, so our shopping was limited. Credit cards are only used at larger hotels and restaurants. Cash has to be large, unblemished bills newer than 1990. Smaller denominations are frowned upon and may garner a less attractive exchange rate. For example, today's exchange rate for $50 bills and higher is 1,690 Ugandan shillings per $1 and smaller bills only get 1,600 Ugandan shillings.
The first picture is a typical street scene in Kampala. The streets in Kampala are paved, which is nice as most of the villages outside Kampala are accessible on rutted dirt roads. If it hasn't just rained, the dirt roads are incredibly dusty, to say nothing of the bumps. Sherie has decided that the bumps replace the need of a massage.
The second and third pictures are from a hotel overlooking Kampala. The city center is to the far right in the second picture and Lake Victoria in the distance of the third picture.
3 comments:
Katie - What a great trip! I am excited to keep in touch. I'll be checking in.
Steve S.
Katie,
A great adventure! So good to enjoy the trip vicariously. I'm glad you had the opportunity to make bricks. There's nothing quite like squishing your toes in mud, is there? We make adobe bricks using a similar method when we're in Norogachi. From start to finish, it's back-breaking work. Stay safe.
Hi dear,
Am glad you are enjoying the adventure .Though you are here to work and do somethings with the children i believe you will not only work but also enjoy every moment.
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