First for Five.

And so, sitting in a small wooden box-like internet cafe in Kampala, I'll begin.

I'm currently living in a small village called Myanzi, 30 minutes West of Mityana in Mubende district. Predominant language spoken is Luganda, my lugandan mainly consists of food that I like to eat, and 'more please'. We live in the hub of a fledgling orphanage, which seeks to place orphans around the village in different guardians houses. Needless to say, weekends are whiled away getting chiildren out of the mango tree by our latrines.

Yes we have a long-drop, and showers consist of some soap, abasin and a jerry can. We live in a small room with two beds, and 2 pretty cushty chairs. We are woken up and sent to sleep by the lulling sounds of Kfm blasting into our room, with such classics as Will young and the Wu-Tang clan. The fact that every living thing gets up here at 5 am, makes having a lie-in [retty impossible.

We teach at tewo schools, St. Emmas (p1 and p3 english, reading and writing), and St. Noahs - the local government school, with classes pushing 70 (p5 and p6 english language). Although the average age for p6, appears to be 16?! Favourite teachers pet gifts include; hand made brooms from mukonz-konz grass, avocadoes, more jackfruit than you can carry and aubergines.

Meals consist of carbs, and rance in colour from posho - and disturbingly wobbly hard white-grey substamce made from maize flour, to gnuts (peanuts)sauce, crossing the whole spectrum of browns along the way. We now find ourselves craving cabbages simply for their slight green tinge.

Ultimately, ive weeks in, I am loving Uganda. We've travelled by Boda boda, headed into Kampala for this weekend, on a a taxi filled with teenagers asking for our phone number, and eaten papyas the size of both me and Rosie's head combined. We had severe teething problems at the start, but were really lucky with the government school, in that the old english teacher is currebntly in hospital, and without us, these kids would be sitting in their classrooms, drawing on themseles with chalk.

I promise to be more regular with this bpog - I know almost none of you have the foggiest clue what I have been doing with myself for the past 5 weeks, and really it has mainly involved removing jiggers - but thats a different story, for a different day ...

so for now I will lezaave in search of cheap cooking oil, some rice and an apple! And wait in the hope that Ill be receiving some letters at the post office tomorrow, now that you all have my correct P.O. Box

So toodles, enjoy winter as I sit here in endless Summer!