Muzungu Muzungu Muzungu

So we all went into Jinja at the weekend for a little reunion as everyone has been split into different groups and placed in separate districts for work. Was really great to see everyone, really strange how close we've all become so quickly and really feeling like I've made some friends for life already.

We stayed in a hostel called to explorer backpacker for two nights and it had hot showers and pillows! Its incredible how amazing a hot shower can feel after 3 weeks of 2/3 cold showers a day.

The clubs in Jinja are small and they seem to allow as many as possible in so they are all crammed but the music out here is great and the focus on a night out seems to be more about the music and dancing than in the UK where its more about drinking alcohol. In saying that though the local brew here is actually quite nice, its banana gin called Waraji, its really strong though so can't have too much as this place is pretty scary as it is without adding intoxication to the mix.

So my house is very basic, actually that's a complete understatement......its infact just walls, floors and ceilings! We've been having to tie the windows shut with rope which isn't ideal but as yet we've not had any attempted break ins. The local girls have bought things to make the place a little more homely and yesterday one of the girls came back with a TV! Ive put up some photos and the cards you guys gave me before i left. We still have nothing to sit on and have to cook outside on the porch but we're getting by and this morning i actually felt quite at home getting ready for work and eating my peanut butter on stale bread. The tea here is really nice aswell, a proper treat in the mornings. I'll definitely bring some Ugandan Tea back to the UK for you all to try.

Was my first day at work today, we were sent to look for things around the town to get ourselves better acquainted with the place, it was far too hot though so we just ended up sitting in the shade and getting something to eat. Went back to work and were told to go home as it was too hot for working so went home to bed for a few hours ‘Siesta’. Back in tomorrow @ 9am and reckon we should get properly stuck in.

I’m already tiring of being called 'Muzungo'' and being started at. Also some of the children here are really quite mean and think its funny to shout Muzungo and then when you wave they give you the finger! Was really shocked the first time but thinking im just getting used to it now and hoping that the longer i am here the more used to it the community will become and things should start to calm a bit.

We cooked dinner at the house tonight – was actually quite nice, potato's, cabbage, Posho, peas and some hot chilli sauce.Seem to be putting chilli sauce on everything just to give it some taste – the food is really quite bland here. Will try to upload some photos of the house soon, its funny because it actually looks quite nice on the pictures!