I've been back in America for almost a week now and it's not at all what I expected. I thought I would have some kind of "reverse culture shock" that we had been warned of, but instead it's just life as usual. I loved my time in Africa. I didn't kiss the ground when I got … Continue reading One Last Thing
Tag: Uganda
Bananas, Beans and Rice: A Tumultuous Love Story
My relationship with Rwandan and Ugandan food is best described as an emotional rollercoaster. From the honeymoon phase where I fell in love with the delicious fried bananas, fresh from the earth tomatoes, and the ever present mystery vegetable sauces to the fall out that occurred somewhere around my fifteenth serving of boiled cassava leaves. … Continue reading Bananas, Beans and Rice: A Tumultuous Love Story
Uganda
An NGO we visited. This is a cockroach I found in my room one morning with my ring for size. I can't kill the bugs here because they are so big so we definitely competed for space that morning. Some of these kids are my host brothers and cousins but the houses are in sort … Continue reading Uganda
Under African Skies
The sky on my walk to school in Gulu, Uganda. 7 July 2013.
Nowhere To Go But Everywhere 