Riding with a dead body to Fort Baker

We were on our way to Fort Baker in a special hire vehicle when we  had to stop because this truck was  stuck in a big mud puddle.  Our driver said we could not go any further.  A 4X4 truck of one of our friends arrived and pulled the truck through the mud.  We wanted to take bodas the rest of the way but the driver of this truck offered us a ride.  The catch was we had to be ok with riding in the back with a dead body in a coffin.  We made it to Fort Baker in the back of the truck with a dead body.

Eating lunch at a traditional Acholi restaurant

Ordering our food.  I ordered beens, rice and beef.

The kitchen.  The restaurant has a big stove compared to others we've been to.

My dad's lunch of beans, sweet potato and bo in g-nut sauce.

Walking home with our bellies full.

Picking up Auntie Tara

Auntie Tara was supposed to come to Kigali with us but her flight was delayed out of Miami and she missed her connecting flight at Heathrow and was redirected to Turkey where she found out that her flight from Istanbul to Entebbe would not be leaving for 3 days later.  We picked her up on our way back from Kigali

Charcoal sacks on the side of the road.

Kids walking home from school.  Every public school requires all students to wear uniforms.

Kids running home from school.

This cow's horns are too heavy for his head.  Ouch.

Our trip to Kigali, Rwanda

Us getting on Air Uganda for our flight from Entebbe to Kigali.

The pool at our hotel.  Downtown Kigali is in the distance.

My gigantic breakfast.  Look at the size of the plate!

In front of the Kigali Memorial Center.  The memorial center is where they  educate people about the Rwandan  Genocide. It was a very sad place.

Nice dive Forrest!

Wrestlemania Rwanda!

Forrest likes Miranda Fruity

Eating dinner at the Indian restaurant at our hotel.

Halloween Gulu Style

This Monday we had a Halloween party at our 'Muno' friends house.  We did alot of activities at their house. The first activity was a fashion show.  The second activity was blind volleyball.  Our third activity was a costume relay - you'll see a funny picture below.  The fourth activity was red rover - Forrest got closelined and almost did a back flip.  The fifth activity was a sack race.  The last activity was pumpkin designing.  We won a box of apple cider packages!

Our costumes and pumpkins.  Luke was Superman, I was Macho Man Randy Savage and Forrest was Ethan Hunt from Mission Impossible.

Us at the party.

The cutest baby costume ever - Madeline.

Me in the fashion show.  Everyone laughed.

I overcame my stage fright!

Forrest quickly getting off the stage.

Group photo.

Me in the costume relay.  We had to put on a woman's dress , hat, sunglasses, shirt.  And we had to pose like a girl!

Oooooooooooo.

Egyptian fruit bats

Today we went searching for bats.  We were searching for bats because the last few nights we have seen both large and small bats flying around our yard.  So this morning we went across the street to investigate a large tree.  Unfortunately we couldn't find any.  We then asked our store owner friend Alice if she's ever seen bats in the daytime.  She said she has and they could be found by the police barracks.  We hopped on a boda boda and found hundreds of Egyptian fruit bats flying above in the Mahogany trees.

Learning in Gulu

Acholi words
Larem - friends, Aphoyo - Thank you, Copango - How are you?, Copay - I'm fine, Icho ma ber - good morning, tangueno - egg, gueno - chicken, diel - goat, bomah - town, odilo - play ball, nyin ni anga - what's your name, awobe - boy, angyaka - girl, shillings adi - how much?, kwene - where?, mene - which?, acel - one, aryo - two, adek -three, angwen - four, abich - five, abichel - six, abiro - seven, aboro - eight, abungwen - nine, apar - ten, ngye ngye - cockroach, wachiro - let's go

Food
Posho, fried casava,  roasted maize, kal, fried tillapia, chapats, samosa, beans, rice, chicken stew, beef stew, sweet potato, manyewa, malakwang, bo, dodo, matoke, chips masala, simsim balls, G nuts, odi,