We're here! I'm sitting in the CafeJavas with the team in Kampala. We left Friday and Ben Dodgson took us to the airport. We were dropped off and then checked in, went through security, and waited in terminal 5 for our flight. Ryan spotted Adam Blackstone who was on the voice as the advisor to Adam Levine. I recognized him, too! So cool. =) He was on our flight in first class, of course. Our airplane was AWESOME! It was super new, had an awesome entertainment system, nice bathrooms, decent food, and nice seats and stuff. I watched Bride Wars, Night and the Museum 2, part of Narnia 3, and part of something else. I slept maybe less than an hour, but when we got to London I was awake and such. We had a 12 hour layover there. Sooo long. We played Uno, Liar, ate food, shopped, lounged around, etc. We had lunch around 3ish and we had been there all day, but we still had 6 hours to wait so it was eternity. I was uncomfortable most of the day which wasn't fun, but what can you do? I slept a little near the end of the layover, but not much. Then we hopped on the plane (which was not as nice as the first one =)) and I was exhausted. I started falling asleep before we even took off. I pretty much slept the whole time except takeoff, meals, part of Gnomeo & Juliet, and the landing. I was out like a rock.
We got off the plane and walked down the stairs to beautiful Ugandan soil. It was nice and cool, a bit humid but wonderful. We went through to get our visas, the line was long but it was super easy. We had to show our passports and do our fingerprints. THAT was cool. Then we got our baggage and left shortly afterwards. Our luggage went in the van with Farouk, Jonny, and Dave. The rest of us went in a bus with Dennis and Samuel. The ride was super long. We stopped at a nice restaurant called CafeJavas and then went to Jinja.
Observations in Kampala were: a lot. There were lots of policemen and many, many guns. It was a bit intimidating at first. =) And there are SO many cars and so few traffic laws. But the amazing thing is, no one gets really upset by it all. There's a lot of horn action, but it's vital so people are less likely to get killed. There's also a LOT of cows with HUGE horns and goats and chickens. There were LOTS of shops and LOTS of furniture for sale everywhere. Couches, chairs, double beds, bunk beds were just lined up along the street all over the place. The photographs and visualizations of Africa that I had before are pretty accurate as well. Clay roads, huts, mud, dirt, poverty, children, women with bundles on their heads, etc. And it is so green and lush, too. I can't place my finger on what it is, but there is just something unbelievably beautiful about Uganda.
Anyway, =), the guest housing was nice. I'm in a room with the other girls ... with triple deckers! The bathrooms are different, too. There's no water heat or pressure. And no shower curtain. It's a totally different experience. After we got settled we stayed put for a few hours and then went out for dinner, which was good! After dinner we had a worship and debriefing time and then hit the hay.
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