Uganda, courtesy of Matt and Kristy
Uganda is set in the geographical heart of Africa alongside a large proportion of Lake Victoria’s shore. The two travel bloggers Matt and Kristy have been discovering the country and posting on all they are experiencing.
Matt is a teacher from Illinois, who began his career in rural Alaska relaying knowledge to the children of an Eskimo village. After this he taught English and Theatre in Chicago, but took the opportunity of his summer break to spend six weeks in Uganda.
He has delivered four instalments on Uganda, each long and detailed, as well as a brief, yet informative summary on the country’s current political landscape. The thoroughness is partly due to slow connections and having to make the most of what access he can get while moving through the country.
Instalment #3 – Uganda Uganda (or look out Gulu, here I come) explains the school structure in Uganda, which is more interesting to your average reader than you may expect. It also features a droll description of a six hour bus journey that Matt endured under the weight of extreme tiredness, but devoid of a headrest.
Kristy has been in Uganda for over 15 months, a “woah dude” moment indeed. Her latest entry is entitled The Struggle and serves as a point of reflection on her time away. ‘The Struggle’ is now much more than just a mildly amusing slogan written on the side of cabs (amusing due to rap song connotations within Kristy’s own mind). To her now it represents difficulties that inevitably are encountered nearly daily in one form or another. It is just the way things are. Despite the sober tone of some of her evaluation, Kristy still manages to squeeze in discussion on ‘hairy’ equating to ‘hotty’ in light of recently grown arm pit hair…
