Uganda 2003-02-13
I’m typing this e-mail while perched on a tree stump at the entrance to a cave behind a waterfall. Over the torrents of wind and water, I can just barely hear the clicking of keys. I bet this is precisely where Churchill stood when he proclaimed Uganda “The Pearl of Africa”. How did I get here?
Uganda 2003-02-01
Today’s e-mail is about that marvelous trait of humanity, adaptation. The sounds, smells, and sights that filled me with awe and wonder last week are now quotidian beats in the everyday music of Kampalan life.
Uganda 2003-01-29
I honestly can’t remember the last time I was this happy. For the past three hours, Gordon and I have been playing the following games with the children of our village, Kibando…
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Uganda 2003-01-25
Mark Twain: “A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.” As usual, Twain was right on the money: Over the last 24 hours, Uganda , for me a place long expected, has taken the form of the unexpected. After one full day and one full night in this country, I’m both happy and sad to report that it is very different from the imaginary world I had cooked up in my head over the last 8 months.
