Day 2 and 3

Wow, our days have been packed full these past two days – I barely have any time to rest. There is a 10 hour difference here. I am usually a night owl but apparently I am a morning person here? It is kind of a nice change but I’m pretty worn out from these long days. Yesterday we walked through the market and to the national mosque where we learned how to pray. The most common language here is Luganda but everyone makes an effort to learn the term, “how are you?”. I learned that to say how are you in Luganda is “Oli Otya” which is pronounced something like old-yell-tee-yah. Everyone was so excited to hear a traveler speaking Luganda, so I hope to learn more phrases while I am here. After the mosque, we went on a boat ride at lake Victoria and hiked with monkeys afterward. Today we went to the business district which was very hip and modern. Afterwards, we met with University students who are studying the same subject as we are. We talked about our differences in policies and culture over lunch. We then went to an amazing organization called Reach a Hand that has youth teach other youth in Uganda about sexual/reproductive health and safety. I was very impressed with what they have accomplished. I will be traveling for the next few days so it might be a few days until the next post. Please feel free to leave comments with questions if you have any.