Hello! The past couple of weeks haven't been too exciting, just the usual teaching at the school. The kids had their midterm exams last week. They were just exams we had written so we were busy (for once!) setting and marking those exams. The results were as expected really with some kids getting 95% and others only 5%! We were also due to have inspectors visit the school (the temporary schooling license for the school had expired so the inspectors were coming t...

So last week was the week of the Presidential Elections and Results. Because of this, we had Thursday and Friday off school. Instead of staying at out project, we went to visit Molly and Justine at their project in Kitega, Lugazi. They only live 25 minutes down the road but we'd never visited before (we did feel quite bad about this!). Having never visited before, meant we'd never experienced their rat problem before. We'd heard how 'bad' their rats were, but aft...

Just an extra bit.. 42 things to know before you live with Ugandans.. 1. Exotic fruit & veg is in plentiful supply. However, you will not eat any of either. It just doesn't happen. 2. Your indicators will not be used to signal a change of direction. They will rarely be used at all but if you do feel the urge, you will only use the right indicator to tell the vehicle behind that there is oncoming traffic and it should not attempt to overtake. But it probabl...

HELLO! Have quite a bit to fill you in on so bare with me! To start with, our last weekend before we left we spent in Entebbe. We stayed from Saturday to Monday when we flew home, it was a nice weekend to end on. On the day we arrived in Entebbe we just relaxed at Backpackers before going out for something to eat. We found a Chinese place which was quite expensive but was so good! I would say one of the best Chinese meals i've had but this could just be in comp...