It's almost Xmas and ages since I last wrote something!
So many things have happened to us that I don't really know where to start... Routine has taken us by surprise, as well as, a huge amount of work and finding time to write is quite difficult.
Overall, the experience so far is being really good, with its ups and downs, of course, but very rewarding altogether. It's now over 2 months here! Who could have told us a few years back...
In these 2 months we have done many things, including making our lightless-waterless house a 'home'. This country is so beautiful; wherever you go you have a view (no need to pay extra for a room with a view!). I don't get bored of looking outside the house to the ever-changing hills.
Work here is tough but very rewarding for the very same reasons. Nothing is easy when you are so far away from anywhere - logistics has an entire new meaning - but little by little you see improvements here and there. These months we've been trying to get to know how things work (or don't) here and, actually, work a lot; Iza working with the Community Team analysing health data from surveys carried out by the hospital in the sub-county to enable the planning of activities within the community and I turning upside down the drugs' procurement process to ensure that the most common word in these countries, 'out-of-stock', is removed from Bwindi's dictionary, as well as, acting as Principal Hospital Administrator during some periods - That's a rocketing career... I'm happy it's now over!
But there has been a bit more than work (which it isn't easy as we work Mon to Sat every week) and we have had the chance to enjoy amazing places; that's the beauty of Uganda, on our way to work from another district, one day, we saw lots of wild elephants crossing the road in front of our nose, as well as buffaloes, bushbacks, elans and tonnes and tonnes of monkeys. And, here you go... last Sunday we went for a walk around the area and we saw gorillas, yes, gorillas! It was for a brief moment but we saw 5 of them, including a mother with a baby, which had gone just outside the park as they seem to do every now and then. It was brief, but, I can tell you, they are amazing to watch!
Ok, ok, the lady is calling me to get ourselves ready for dinner so I better attend the call.
All the best to all. I promise a bit more writing from now on
Hasta pronto
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