October 1^st marked Ryan and my one and a half year anniversary! 

After a nights’ stay in Eldoret at a really cool campsite, complete with a small stream running through the bar to a waterfall over the pool, we made our way to the Ugandan border.  Here we passed again without incident, though with...

Volunteer Abroad in Uganda: Volunteering Opportunities

Volunteering Abroad in Uganda: The land of Lake Victoria, is situated in East Africa surrounded by Kenya, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Rwanda. It has a population of 27 million, over half of which are under 18 years of age....

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white:

i've watched it all tumble over; this stretch from lake vic to lake al known as the white nile. i know why. at murchison falls the entire river rolls snake eyes and takes a hard dive, hitting the floor like a drunk fresh off the tilt-a-whirl. so much water, so much force, so much falls....

they say, "you have come to see the mountain gorillas?"

we say, "hell no. $300 for an hour spent harassing large primates? we can harass large primates for free by throwing eggs at the kids on the overland trucks. we're here to see the pythons."

they throw their hands in the air and cheer.

we're...

After I had already bought my $30 ticket, my uncle forbade me to take the bus from Nairobi to Kampala, Uganda, a 12 hr. journey. The main reason was because it departed at midnight from River Road, one of the sketchier parts of Nairobi. He also fed me with horror stories of falling asleep on the...

And I'm psyched. I wrap up my volunteering in 2 weeks but before I leave Uganda for good, I get to go on one last trip to Kitgum (northern Uganda) and South Sudan. I know I've been awful about posting stuff about my experience in Uganda...Yeah yeah. This whole blogging thing is a strange and tricky beast....

If you ever find your way to post-conflict northern Uganda, hit up the New Flavor restaurant in Kitgum, across from the soccer field on the main street. They serve up a mean ground nut sauce, which goes well with rice (minus the small stones they have at Mama Brown's down the road) or sweet potatoes....

Yesterday my coworker was attacked by a goat. The offending beast was tethered, clearly to no useful end, in a field we pass through every day on our way to work. It blocked the path; she moved to...