Friday

by | Aug 6, 2008 | Africa, Travel

It was great to get to spend some time with Jessica Fairchild, and one of her friends Allison, on Friday evening. I’ve been following her blog & photography for a while now, and when I discovered we’d both be in Uganda at the same time, I thought it’d be cool to meet up! Jess is a great photographer, blogs here, and is interning with Invisible Children at the minute in Gulu, Uganda.

[Photo by Jess!]

Following dinner with Jess, I headed to the Wyclef Jean concert in Kampala with a few friends from the office. Unfortunately don’t have any half decent photos!! There were some fireworks going off as we arrived and lots of commotion by Zain, the company sponsoring the concert to mark their rebranding/relaunch in East Africa. DJ Benny D played for a while before Wyclef came on stage – in his kilt, no less – around midnight. It was actually a really fun night, glad I went!

Not a bad way to spend (what I thought was) my last full day in Uganda, eh?!

Lately

by | Aug 5, 2008 | Africa, Travel

Internet is less accesible for me here in Rwanda, but here’s a quick rundown:

Had dinner with blog friend, rad photographer, and current Invisible Children intern Jess Fairchild on Fri evening.

Went to the Wyclef Jean concert Fri night with some friends from the office.

Travelled to Rwanda via Mbarara, arriving Sunday; spent the night in the Hotel des Mille Collines – “Hotel Rwanda”.

Visited one of the genocide memorial sites at Gikongoro yesterday, and spent the night at a new friends place in Butare.

Hope to travel to Gisenyi tomorrow; for a few days R&R.

Longer details soon… once I figure out how to use a French keyboard easier!!

Source Of Light Pri School

by | Jul 29, 2008 | Africa, Photography, Travel

In my first week here, I spent some time at a primary school out in Jandira, called Source of Light Pri School, with the first Emmanuel church team. Had a lot of fun taking photographs of the kids and the team members interacting, playing with bubbles, generally just loving each other! I’m really chauffed with how these came out…

Source Of Light Pri School

Source Of Light Pri School

Source Of Light Pri School

[PS: all my images so far are entirely unedited, due to some mishap about reinstalling my software blah blah blah… so edited images will be coming after I return to the UK… I hope!]

This Week

by | Jul 28, 2008 | Africa, Travel

A week in bullet points:

  • Spent Monday exploring Kampala city centre w/ Jacob
  • Enjoyed a lazy day on Tuesday, celebrating my actual birthday, with some pizza, cake, coffee & pink lemonade out in Mukono with some friends
  • Had coffee with my friend Inger on Wed, then traveled to Kamuli district to visit her home for a few days
  • Went to Grace & Joel’s wedding on Saturday
  • KPC Central for church on Sunday morning
  • A trip to the beach at Entebbe on Sunday afternoon/evening: swimming in Lake Victoria!