Uganda was wonderful!! It is a beautiful, green country which was a great change from the pollution in Nairobi. While we were at the airport on Thursday waiting to fly out we received a text message saying a peace aggreement had been signed by both parties. This was a HUGE surprise considering the state of the talk earlier in the week but a great surprise. Hopefully things will keep heading in the right direction as Kofi Annan has just left and a man from Tanz...

Tomorrow I will be leaving for Uganda. The only way to get there safely right now is by air so I will be flying out tomorrow afternoon after our morning session classes. Reason for going to Uganda: rafting the Nile. Thursday night will be spent in Kampala while Friday will be spent rafting near Jinja. The onsite staff was more than willing to let us travel here...out of the country. The talks are not going well although the mass action which was scheduled f...

While Masai Mara was not in the cards last weekend, I still had an excellent time. I would have to rate it as at least one of my top 3 weekends ever! We left Friday afternoon and headed to Naro Moro (closest town to the base of Mt. Kenya) and met up with a Mau mau rebel who was around 70 years old (he couldn't remember his exact age). He was a freedom fighter in Kenya's fight for independence from the British over 50 years ago. He hasn't cut his hair since. I inc...

So the safari to Masai Mara is still up in the air. We are waiting to hear back from Minnesota to see if they will allow us to go since it is into the west. They are suppose to be emailing tonight to give the final word. If not we will still be leaving tomorrow afternoon to go to a different area that is apparently safer near Mt. Kenya. Regardless, tomorrow I will be leaving to go on a much needed Kenyan safari. Along with Masai Mara, the peace talks are st...

Jambo! So the safari at Masai Mara was canceled this weekend because they thought Kofi Annan would make his announcement Friday or Saturday. The "deadline" (which has been bumped back way too many times) is now scheduled for sometime next week....which means the safari will probably get bumped back as well. Bush is in Africa right now but skipping over Kenya...he was still able to put in an enlightening message which was found on the front page of news...