On the 13th May, I travelled to Ruhanga, SW Uganda for 6 days. I've been to West Uganda before, so even before arriving I knew is was a beautiful part of Uganda and turning up at Uganda Lodge, my expectations were met even futher. I said that Zanzibar was beautiful but Zanzibar is man made, all the buildings etc. But here it's nature in all it's glory! Uganda Lodge is on the main road to Rwanda, not that you could tell, surrounded by many hills and wildlife. Ug...

On Friday I went to Vic in the Sound of Music with Madam Jane, Harriet and others in the group. The show was dragged out, but what made it worth while was Vic's performance. Boy can she sing! :) Apart from the play, the holidays have been quiet, not that I'm complaining too much. It's been nice just being able to read my book and listen to music, something we won't be able to do when the compound is busy, back in full swing again in 2 weeks time. So making the mo...

The cabin crew walked out of departures then the Pilots and then I started to panick. Did they miss their flight? Then Vic spotted my dad and we just went crazy shouting, jumping until the guard told us to go back otherwise he'd arrest us.Mum said after all of our hugs apparently I was poking the side of her and pinched her twice. I really don't remember, but it was understandable. It was so surreal having them here in Uganda with me, it didn't feel real.After le...

So the biggest news of this week is that Sophie has Malaria!Soph felt as though she had a bad flu for a few days but after Caitlin took her temperature and it was 38, they went straight to The Surgery were a blood test for Malaria came back positive! Soph spent the night and was discharged last night. She's staying in a guesthouse only 5 minutes from The Surgery incase anything happens but is slowly getting better. It's just very hard to see someone who is very s...

So the biggest news of this week is that Sophie has Malaria!Soph felt as though she had a bad flu for a few days but after Caitlin took her temperature and it was 38, they went straight to The Surgery were a blood test for Malaria came back positive! Soph spent the night and was discharged last night. She's staying in a guesthouse only 5 minutes from The Surgery incase anything happens but is slowly getting better. It's just very hard to see someone who is very s...