I arrived in Kampala last night, was picked up at the airport by a driver from WellShare, and driven to my hostel. Last night I slept in a tent with a bed in it, but tonight I was moved to an actual room, which is nice. I wasn't sure what time I was getting picked up this morning for orientation, so I set my alarm for 8 am - and once 8 am rolled around, I went back to sleep, meaning that I had to frantically get ready at 9:20 when I was informed that my ride was here. Today, I met everybody at the WellShare headquarters office, and then spent the day getting oriented, if you will. Orientation turned out to be less of an introduction to WellShare, and more of an introduction to Kampala and how things work here. I exchanged money, received a cell phone and topped it up, walked through the taxi park (chaos), went to the shopping mall, walked around Makerere University, had lunch at a real African restaurant (ate with my hands), and ended the day at Uganda Wildlife Education Center (which is basically like a zoo, and on the shore of Lake Victoria). It was really nice to be able to see the city in the daylight. Azida and Richard were the two WellShare employees that took me around, and they were both really nice and helpful. Tomorrow I have another orientation day, and then on Friday, I head out to the field.
Sorry if this post is disjointed - I'm tired and trying to type quickly and this keyboard is weird. Just wanted to let you all know that things are good and I've arrived safely!
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