<!– @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> As I was getting out of the car, I bumped my head (as usual…). “Sorry! Sorry!” said Moses, the driver, while patting my head. The sorries here seem more for sympathizing than apologizing. They are ubiquous: when you drop something, when you slip on the road, when you fall while hiking… Usually, my reply would be “it’s ok, it’s not your fault.” What else can I say? (sorry […]
Living expenses in Kampala in Ugandan Shillings exchange rate: about 1 USD to 2050 Ugandan Shillings by the way, there is no way anybody is willing to exchange Canadian dollars here… rent in bwaise: 20,000 per month school fees (public): 60,000 to 80,000 per term (3 months, 3 terms per year) renting a boda boda: 10,000 per day, 70,000 per week renting a private hire taxi: 30,000 (old) to 60,000/70,000 (new) minimum wage: 60,000 per month, 2000 per day sex […]
<!– @page { size: 21.59cm 27.94cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } –> Gunshots. Buring tyres. Angry mobs. Riots have been consuming Kampala for the last three days. It was surreal to go through town on our school bus and see people pointing and shouting at us in such an unfriendly way. When one classmate took out her camera, the crowd on the opposite side of the road got aggitated. Our teacher immediately shouted, with a new note […]
<!– @page { size: 21.59cm 27.94cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } –> The Ugandan sorry Public transport: Matatus Public transport: Boda Boda Kampala pours (rain): banana leaves, plastic bags Electricity outages The Ugandan what Our daily food The hostel The mosquito nets The cold showers The Ugandan speech The fruits The Mzungus The taxi park “Cheena” The permanent African “tan” The malaria medicine: Lariam The lessons The roads African dancing crafts market Religion Atheist Rafting the Nile […]
