2. Uganda - The Arrival Sunday 3rd October

Well here we are in Luwero in Uganda! I can't believe that we are finally here after all the months of preparation and the 20 hour journey. The journey went perfectly smoothly but it was a long day. When we got to Entebbe it was a very tight fit into the minibus for the sixteen of us plus Gabriel, the driver, and our thirty-two suitcases, half of which contain donated clothes and equipment for the school. Somehow we managed it and were soon on our way into the warm dark Ugandan night for the two hour journey to Luwero. 

Although it was midnight, there were lots of people out and about in Entebbe and Kampala (they seem to merge one into the other.) There were people eating street food, setting up markets with produce, riding around on mopeds, and there were lots of hair salons which were all full of customers. Kampala is a bigger town than Entebbe, with quite big government buildings and bank headquarters in the centre. We emerged from the town onto dark roads and at that point I fell asleep for about an hour. When I woke up we were at the township of Luwero where there were still lots of people on the streets, Gabriel said there have been meetings and events because they have an election coming up. 

The road got rougher and narrower as we approached the Luwero Community Project and we were bounced around in the minibus! The earth roads were lined with lush vegetation and banana trees. A warm welcome awaited us; Deborah had made us supper and we sat down to eat it, feeling rather stunned with exhaustion. I am so glad to be heading to bed.