July 2009
5 posts
WATCH OUT y'all
Guys…i got the herps! this last week in the village has been rough to say the least.
everything is wrapping up and i fill pretty dang shitty, but i am slowly recovering so i shall be a-okay.
i had to visited the mzungu doc for my bleeding hemorrhoid and then now i have a sore in my mouth, from the strain of herpes that 70-80% of the population has though that causes cold sores so no...
this should be in the bill of human rights!
in our village we have conducted a HIV testing date with 100 people showing up and since the nurses didn’t come with enough strips, we are having another one this friday. Out of those, only one person tested positive; however, she isn’t the only wife and she has a daughter, so the actual infection can quickly add up. although it is just one, one is too much for me! people even said...
Sippi Falls
so … basically amazing, the view from our guest house was panoramic and we were able to see kenya and the falls. So we absailed down 100 meters next to the fall, like repelling but you don’t have a rock to put ur feet on. basically i wish i could do that everyday. on our hike back up, now that was crazy! so there was a little down part that was hella muddy, when i say little, i...
Kampala/ Sippi Falls
Last weekend, I went to the capital, which was amazing to see but it was dirty! Someone pickpocketed me and stole a small journal, thank goodness it wasnt my money/ camera! i def. learn my lesson though! When we were going through the second hand markets people would grab my ass multiple times and offer cows for marriage. master park would be proud of me because i hit this guy pretty hard (a...
Still more on Jinga
SO mom, if you are reading this, please skip ahead ahha!
So after rafting me and some fellow UVP people decided to head out clubbing, which was ridiculous because it was more pushing people off of you. Thank goodness our translator, Lawerence was there and he is 6’4 so i was hanging out with him and the rest of the gang all of the night. Anyways, Lawerence has a car and this guy ( i...
June 2009
9 posts
TMI
i am sick, if you want details, i’ll spare you, two words…two ends, then use your imagination with a latrine! then afer 5 hours of sleep, woke up and had to walk 3-4 miles to the healthcenter to conduct interviews… not in the best of moods.
that doesn’t hit upon the fact there is another death in our village, yes that is four in two weeks and our parish is not hugh
in...
JINJA!
I will be rafting on the Nile this coming weekend so you probably will not hear from me in awhile. They are class 5 rapids, if anyone knows, that is some wild stuff. Its like the second best rapids in the world! I am also going bungee jumping too…but we shall see if i could actually jump. Supposedly your head gets dunked into the Nile River below you.
Mom, there was a heavy rain...
ROugh Weekend
After visiting the health centers, the numbers were ridiculous! It didn’t hit me until this weekend. There were three children who died within two days. I went to the two of the burials and they will be something I will never forget. I wrote in my journal that day, and here is what I wrote:
My feet were bare as I sat on the rice mat. Women and children were in front, to the sides,...
Mini break down
As some of you may know, back in the States, I would take a shower and shave every day! After walking a round trip of 8 miles to interview various pharmacies in a town, I was a hot mess. The exposure to the sun gave me sun poisoning aka rashes with tiny bumps and nausea and I was covered with red dirt. My teammate knowing the mood I was in poured me some water for a tub bath and I proceed to...
The players should come to Bugabula
The players should come to Bugabula. Here it is acceptable for a man to have multiple wives. To impregnate those wives repeatedly. The best part is to have a hands off approach while the wives work in the households and fields. For the wives to carry children on their backs along with a 20 liter jerry can on her head. To take care of up to 15 children. Yes, the players should come to...
My Life is Wonderful
Holy shit so i have a ton to tell you and this computer is driving me crazy but at least i have a computer to use. First, i arrived in my village and the scenery is CRAZy beautiful!
The first day we decided to go to the health center , so we bargain with teh LC, local official in the village for three bikes, yet there are four of us! So we head off in high spirits and ignored the few drops...
Dubai
I have no time right now cause our internet time is costing us and it is hella slow and I have been on for awhile.
So first, two other members had the same layover and we where trying to find them in the biggest airport, not to mention grandiose, ever! Mateo left me with all of our stuff and when out to look for internet and an hour later he miracliously found them. I was about ready to call...
My 17 hr Flight to Dubai!
So after meeting up with Mateo, we headed off on our longest part of our journey. To Dubai! They almost placed us in business class for my birthday but it was too packed :( Mateo is a guy who lived in at Clark Kerr and it was amazing that we both got in and that we flew together. So the flight. FIRST, our flight attendant, dear god! He was Australian and had the best looking smile. The only...
Saying Goodbye!
After waking up at five, I went to the airport with my parent to hop on my connecting flight to SFO. My mom was already tearing up and grabbed my camera and was taking photos of us. The only response I had for her was, seriously, I am not going to DIE. Calm down! The flight was a pain and thank goodness it was only an hour! I was sandwiched between two very large elderly ladies who both fell...
May 2009
9 posts
MLIA
My mom packed me a lunch…to UGANDA! MLIA
Wish me luck on my 30 hour journey!
It's My Birthday!
I gazed down and looked at my nails, and just saw black. My dad was like “Girllll, you better wipe those so they are Fresh so that they do not look like Death!” okay, maybe not exactly like that, but it was some exaggerated remark about how my nails would be considered devilish, how he considers them devilish. My friend Josie proceeded to state that I can just pretend I had a bad...
BUGABULA
yes, that is the name of my village.
like I have said, the times are only beginning!
Glad there are no police there...fashion police!
So I am packing up my clothes and my pack and it hit me.
RIDICULOUS!
I have a hat that makes me look like Jane Goodall, a dress that is fit for any elderly lady, and long sleeve shirts for 80-90s weather on the equator. Its a conservative and Muslim culture. On top of that, both arms are killing me from the last remaining shots, polio boaster and tetanus. Not to count my yellow fever, typhoid,...
Packing
A few words: Packing is a BITCH!
loading, reloading, carrying it up flight of stairs, and back down, unpacking, sorting and repacking
room = war zone. My life at the moment needs some relief.
It will also need some help when I am over in Uganda so any messages from you will provide me with a necessary escape. Either leave me comments or send me an email.
kwanninger@berkeley.edu
“If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would...”
– William F. Buckley, Jr.
T-minus 2 DAYS!
Cheesecake Factory: $70
Birthday Cake:$10
Movie Tickets: $8
Showing my parents Taken (a movie about a traveling young female taken into the sex trade) before a nine week international adventure:
priceless
Count Down
I will be heading off on a plane to Uganda in T-minus 11 days and counting. It seems surreal that I will be leaving with only a backpack to survive for nine weeks. Although the end has arrived for a multitude of aspects in my life, it is only the beginning. So for the next couple of months, I will be sharing my experiences so maybe life miles away doesn’t seem as foreign as one...
