What a week!

So…it's been a crazy week!

We had tech immersion this week and I was sent to Kyrumba, which is a small village 1-1.5 hours from Kasese (which is 1 hour from Ft. Portal, which is a huge town).

So here's the low down…

-went to Kasese via link/charter bus which was filled with over 50 chirping chicks
-after arriving in Kasese, had to hail a taxi to shove the 10 of us in a 7 (minus the driver) seater car.
-after 1-1.5 hours on a bumpy road being squished through potholes and mud and the driver stopping every 10 minutes to check his water level, we arrive in Kyrumba
-we meet the town drunk
-our new accommodations have no electricity, cold water only, and features 4 beds per room
-Kyrumba is BEAUTIFUL!!! check out some of the pictures I posted on www.tibbyme.tumblr.com
-2 days of learning about the organization there -- Bukonzo Co-op (they do coffee…www.bukonzocoop.com), hiking the steep hills, and meeting people
-we decide to move back to Kasese for night 3
-ride back was a tight squeeze as I sat with one butt cheek on plastic cup holders and the other butt cheek on chair
-got back early to take a shower…
-got stuck in the shower. had to bang and yell and more pounding for 15 minutes for some local ugandan lady to come and ask me if I was stuck.
-found a bed bug in my bed and then some other bugs
-got scared so I only got an hour of sleep
-woke up at 4:30am to get on the bus back
-got back to Kampala and had a good time eating sandwiches, coffee, etc.
-back to Wakiso

The org was fabulous! Best trip I've had during training BY FAR. Learned a ton and it was really motivating =)

Today…I saw a puppy! That just happened to be female and about 4 weeks old. Maybe…

Also, what else did I learn? Apparently, when we teach Ugandans about safe sex, we should make sure they actually understand. Here's what one of our health groups said today during processing today:

They teach Ugandans how to put on condoms using a banana. Ie. slide the condom on the banana. The Ugandans learn and can correctly put on a condom. Then girl gets preggers. Why? Because the man thought safe sex meant putting the condom on the banana. So he put the condom on the banana correctly and then put the banana on his night stand and slept with the girl without the condom because condoms go on bananas.

Nice. -___-

Okay! Anyhow, not my best post but will have to do for now.

Cheers!

Tiff