Anyway…continuing on with our walk around town. The roads we walk around Gulu are the same red dusty roads that I described in Kampala. This time of year is supposed to be the rainy season; however, we have only had a couple of rainstorms. I actually welcome the rain because it cools the temperature and compacts the dust so it’s not coating my feet or blowing up in my eyes. :) The local people have more practical reasons for wanting it to rain, though since almost all homes have crops where they grow the food for their families…thus, my reason is stupid. Anyway…here are some of the weird sights you might come across as you walk around:
1. Everyone holds hands…swinging back and forth whether it’s 2 women or 2 men…doesn’t matter.
2. Today, I saw this woman walking near me, and my eye was caught by her scarf? Purse? Wasn’t sure what it was…then I realized it was two LIVE chickens, tied together by the feet, hanging upside down across her shoulder. Probably dinner. Odd.
3. Goats, swaddled in…something…as someone bikes them from one place to another…just baa-ing as they are going down the street. :)
4. Lots of litter
5. Wild turkeys
6. Coca Cola products…lots of them, and most are different from those in the states…and they only cost 1000 shillings! Beer only costs 2500 shillings! Awesome!!!
7. NGOs everywhere
8. Lots of kids and babies…sometimes just chilling out by themselves…without parental supervision
9. HONK! Boda boda…were you paying attention? You could have been hit!
You have to be careful walking around on these roads because the traffic here is INSANE!!!! There are NO lanes in the roads. There are no traffic lights. No street signs. I still close my eyes when riding around on a boda boda because I am pretty confident that I am going to run into someone. But then my driver honks his horn and people just seem to know to get out of the way….at the very last second! The drivers think it’s funny when I freak out on the back of their bikes…I don’t think it’s funny at all. :) One thing I don’t think I’ll get used to at all is seeing little kids on the back, fronts, whatever of the bodas…I’m talking maybe 2 years old and I’ve seen up to 3 of them on a bike at a time. No seat belt. No helmets. But somehow they stay on.
Ok…I’m exhausted…and probably hungry….so I’m gonna head home to see what Doreen’s been cooking up for us…talk to you later!
1. Everyone holds hands…swinging back and forth whether it’s 2 women or 2 men…doesn’t matter.2. Today, I saw this woman walking near me, and my eye was caught by her scarf? Purse? Wasn’t sure what it was…then I realized it was two LIVE chickens, tied together by the feet, hanging upside down across her shoulder. Probably dinner. Odd.
3. Goats, swaddled in…something…as someone bikes them from one place to another…just baa-ing as they are going down the street. :)
4. Lots of litter
5. Wild turkeys
6. Coca Cola products…lots of them, and most are different from those in the states…and they only cost 1000 shillings! Beer only costs 2500 shillings! Awesome!!!
7. NGOs everywhere
8. Lots of kids and babies…sometimes just chilling out by themselves…without parental supervision
9. HONK! Boda boda…were you paying attention? You could have been hit!
You have to be careful walking around on these roads because the traffic here is INSANE!!!! There are NO lanes in the roads. There are no traffic lights. No street signs. I still close my eyes when riding around on a boda boda because I am pretty confident that I am going to run into someone. But then my driver honks his horn and people just seem to know to get out of the way….at the very last second! The drivers think it’s funny when I freak out on the back of their bikes…I don’t think it’s funny at all. :) One thing I don’t think I’ll get used to at all is seeing little kids on the back, fronts, whatever of the bodas…I’m talking maybe 2 years old and I’ve seen up to 3 of them on a bike at a time. No seat belt. No helmets. But somehow they stay on.
Ok…I’m exhausted…and probably hungry….so I’m gonna head home to see what Doreen’s been cooking up for us…talk to you later!
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