Glory Ho

The Things We Carry: mosquito cream, malaria pills, sunblock, journal, head lamp, iodine-treated water bottle, Kleenex,
The Food We Eat: beans, bread, eggs, tea, samosas, avocados, cabbage, rice, Pringles,
The Stuff We Hate: being asked for money, overland trucks full of mzungu, horrendous bus rides, developED country prices with developING country service,
The Stuff We Love: bicycle taxis, helpful people, homemade cooking, lush green landscapes, African tea, zebras, giraffes, monkeys, when they manage to undercook the eggs.
What Would Be Nice: sheets on the bed, washing machine, hot water, our cameras back,
Souvenirs Which Intrigue Us: jewelry made of paper, coins from before independence
Souvenirs Which Make us Crazy: Wooden giraffe salad bowls which are also sold at CostPlus in Cherry Creek
Most Dangerous Thing We’ve Done to Date: Both riding on the back of a boda boda (motorbike taxi) across town in a the traffic-intense Kampala traffic.
Current Bodily Inflictions: blue and yellow bruise from rafting, tire-burn from a bike while crossing the street, dozens of flea bites
What We’re Reading: The Economist, Lonely Planet East Africa, Half of a Yellow Sun (historic fiction about Nigeria’s civil war), We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families (journalists tale of the Rwandan genocides)
Cost of a Dorm Bed: $3-7
Worst Bathroom We’ve Seen: hotel staff bar where we watched Chelsea and Manchester United footie game during safari in Masai Mara National Park, Kenya