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Sunday - Day 6
Woke up surprisingly early and feeling unexpectedly fresh; breakfast was the usual bowl of pineapple. We spent the morning chilling out, chatting and reading on the patio. Even in the shade here, it's still boiling. We decided to go to Jinja for lunch, some people went for traditional Ugandan fare, but most of us went for a salad and a smoothie and took advantage of the wifi at Indulge. We had a meeting at two to discuss with Godfrey Kiganga and representatives from our school all about the dos and don'ts during our stay in Jinja. The meeting was really helpful and we all felt reassured by Godfrey's friendly advice and demeanour. He also assured us that there is a lot to do outside of teaching in our schools and he will help us find relevant projects. The whole experience out here has been much more organised than I anticipated. Withington's link with Wanyange is so new compared to other schools that have been coming out for twenty years. It's a link that needs to be nurtured and I'm going to endeavour to make the link as strong as possible and make sure Withington gets actively involved. After the meeting I suggested we could all go to Adrift for a few drinks and watch the sunset, everyone wanted to so we got boda bodas. The view from Adrift really is incredible and everybody agreed they were in paradise. We actually got to see someone bungeeing which really did look horrific. Can't wait lol! Joe suggested we could do a tandem one but I can't decide if that would be more horrific, the idea of smashing heads with someone as I'm plummeting towards the Nile isn't very appealing, but the moral support would be nice! At Adrift we also discovered redds, a much better alternative to beer! The only way I can describe it is like a very light crisp sweet cider, definitely a new favourite. On the boda boda home Joe and I deliberate don the best way to cook the carbonara. I was in charge of cooking a mammoth amount of pasta for 12 hungry people and Joe's pride and joy was the sauce. It turned out 18 eggs wasnt' quite enough but we made do and I have to admit it was really tasty, everyone went back for seconds. After dinner we all decided to watch the classic road trip, Livy full on fell asleep and everybody decided to go to bed at about 11.30. Joe and I somehow managed to stay up till 3.30 planning the Kirra and Wanyange joint production of Grease! Very exciting.
Monday - Day 7
Livy, the Hampton Boys and I had a free morning so decided to help Marianne paint at a local primary school. Marianne and Tom work for the Hailesbury Youth Trust, their school's charity, building water tanks. We walked to school after breakfast at nine o'clock. When we got there we were first shocked by the messages on the walls of the primary school, such as don't accept gifts for sex and pre-marital sex is risky. Obviously HIV is a big problem here and their taking the initiative to educate the children from a young age. We found the classroom where the paint was and carried it to the front gate, which we would be painting along with the guards little hut. It was pretty hard work and by the end of it we were all covered in paint. We finished around lunchtime all shattered, very hot and starving hungry. After we'd cleaned ourselves up as best we could us six headed to Source cafe for some lunch, my spaghetti with sauce of the Nile was delicious and my garlic bread was given to some very cute children who asked ever so politely, I definitely prefer giving the children food and water, rather than money. After lunch we headed around for town for things we needed for dinner, such as more wine, salad stuff and buns for our epic BBQ. We all headed to Indulge for a bit as well for a quick internet session. Once we got back home, Joe and I decided to investigate the BBQ situation. Patrick our very lovely guard tried his best to explain to us as best he could, mostly by hand gestures, what we would need for the BBQ, after much deliberation we decided to go get some coal. Much confusion also sparked at the coal stall on the side of the road, but we eventually ended up with a plastic bag full. When we were back at the guesthouse Ollie asked me if I minded having a go at giving his hair a trim. Always up for a challenge, I got him to wet his hair, and gave him a trim, with the scissors Tom had got in Kampala. The results were actually surprisingly good and I've now been nominated as House hairdresser. However when it came to giving Tom a Mohican with some clippers I left it in Joe's trusty hands. The boys were in charge of the BBQ, and after eventually deciding we needed paraffin as well, they gave up after not too long as the meat just wasn't cooking. They transferred all the meat to the kitchen and fried the chicken and the sausage, which we had with buns and salad; it was all actually really nice. Through the night we had a mammoth sing along, with Ollie literally learning songs as they were being requested, he's pretty incredible at guitar and after some gentle persuasion we discovered he has a really nice voice too.All the girls were weak at the knees when he serenaded us with Hero and You're beautiful and we all had a really fun time. We're not really meant to make noise after 11, out of courtesy to other guests, so most of us headed to two friends for a drink. We all got boda bodas there and mine and Joe's broke down, which seems to be a regular occurrence, we didn't pay and just walked most of the way. We met the owner of two friends, Elert an enthusiastic Icelandic man, who gave us all a free shot. After two friends, we all headed to bed as we were all shattered.
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Grandma Really enjoy reading all the news although we miss you lots we are so happy that you are enjoying this fantastic experience. Going to mum and dads for tea .Keep up the good work. love G&G
Lever Missing you x