Meghan Meets Kenya and Other Countries

I apologize for my blatant neglect of my blog. I will try to be better.

But I have revised the title of my blog as I finished volunteering and am setting out on a backpacking trip. I finished my four-and-a-half months in Kenya at the end of June, but hung around in Kenya until the third of July, whereupon I took a bus to Uganda, as I do often. The last two days of volunteering at school were hectic. On Thursday, myself and a few other volunteers bought pizza for all the kids at school, and in the afternoon, we all walked to a nearby field to play games. The kids were thrilled, and we enjoyed it as well. On Friday, after lunch, Pastor Regina told me that the boarders, the kids who live at the school had a presentation for me. We all went into the church hall and the kids sang a bunch of songs in Kiswahili. Most of them were church songs, but there was one that was about me and the work that I did at the school. It was amazing to hear all the kids singing, and to see them dancing and clapping in time. I took video of it, but I don't know if I can post it. I'll certainly try this week. I walked out of the church hall in tears.

I'm currently in Jinja, Uganda, planning my further travels. I'd like to visit the rest of Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. Tanzania has been mostly fazed out of my travel plans as I'm not really interested in it. Also, I've hypothesized that I'll be back soon to climb Kilimanjaro and watch the wildebeest on the Serengeti, after which I'll relax on the beach in Zanzibar. There is very little else of interest for a poor backpacker like myself. It was also pushed out by my desire to spend another week or two in Nairobi in August, hanging out with friends and visiting the schools that I worked at. I'll keep you posted on my travel plans as they happen.

Also, I want everyone to know that I just spent about three hours on the internet for a total cost of 4500 Ugandan shillings, the equivalent of $2.20 US dollars. I will now go get a Rolex chapati for lunch at the cost of 700 Ugandan shillings, the equivalent of 34 cents American. I love it here.