Africa Trip: Day 1 – 4, Jason

Posted by admin on 07.15.2010 at 4:27 pm

Of course internet access has been spotty for our Africa travelers, but I just go this update from employee Jason Staples who is along for the ride.  Enjoy  a few days of his unique reflections!

July 6, 2010

We have just landed in Uganda!  It is quite a small airport, with quite a few Coca-Cola logos.  We were immediately greeted by Andrew from Invisible Children.  We traveled approximately five hours from the Entebbe airport to Gulu, where we were staying in a hotel in the middle of downtown.  The first culture shock of the trip occurred when we immediately were thrown into the craziest traffic I have ever seen.  Our van driver was constantly honking at cars, scooters, and bicycles riding the shoulder of the road.  Along with the people on the side of the road, we witnessed goats, cows, and monkeys.  Some of them were even riding in the back of the trucks!  The power seems to go out in Gulu on a semi-regular basis, also.  We have been adjusting pretty quickly though and our flash lights have come in handy on a few occasions.

July 7, 2010

Breakfast.  We have become quite accustomed to Spanish omelettes, toast, bananas, and fruit juice every morning at our hotel.  Apparently though, you become a target of mosquitoes when you eat a lot of bananas and then sweat.  Most of us have chosen to live dangerously and just eat lots of bananas.

After breakfast, Andrew picked us up from the hotel and took us to the Invisible Children office in Gulu.  There is a case on the wall in the lobby, displaying all of the products that IC has created since they started.  He gave us a short history of the Read more…

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