Sunday, our first morning in Africa. The buzz from the street below kept some of us awake for quite a few hours during the night. The streets are busy and the boda-bodas (taxi motorbikes) are revving up under our windows. But there is sun and heat and the orange African dust. All is well.
The day started with a good breakfast with peculiar African tea and with a change of plan. Yesterday our plan changed slightly already, by swapping our activities from the last day for the activities of the first day. That meant that some of the guys were playing cricket at Lugogo Oval. After they left, we received a phone call saying that there had been change – they were, in fact, somewhere completely else and we would meet up at Lugogo later after the game.
So the non-players set off to the oval to sort out our luggage and make sure that we knew which of the many bags held hard ball kit and which had the t-shirts. Shortly after our arrival the ‘players’ turned up. They were not allowed to play due to lack of team colours and Ugandan passports… We swiftly turned our attention to the kit and the game that was being played on the pitch.
While Richard kept being ambushed by his friends (he has a long history in this beautiful country), Chris invaded the nets and Joseph (our driver) had a nap, the team relaxed and started planning our work for the following day. Then we had a quick lunch and set off to Jinja, a town on the Lake Victoria.
Our mighty Team Leader didn’t disappoint and some of us experienced a hot shower in our new humble abode called Paradise on the Nile, where we will spend the next four nights. Dinner was spent talking tactics for tomorrow. We can’t wait to meet our first lot of teachers.
PS: a fine should go to Jack, who, despite his status as the youngest and therefore believed to have the best memory, spent some time looking for his room key while holding it in his hand…
Czech:
Rano jsme stravili v Kampale na kriketovem hristi Lugogo. Pote, co jsme roztridili vybavu, jsme se vydali na cestu do Jinja, kde jsme k nasemu udivu nasli pohodlny hotel s malym bazenem! Nas mocny lidr se zase prekonal.
Veronika
