But first we have a little "announcement". Yesterday marked the halfway point in our time in Uganda. It is hard to believe that we are half done already. Don't get me wrong, we will be very ready to come home in December and hug all our loved ones! I'm sure the last week or two that we are here will be the slowest moving time ever, but we will cross that bridge when we come to it.
Now, on with our view.
Our apartment has a little balcony on the front of the building with a table and chairs to sit outside and enjoy the Ugandan sunshine. We also have a balcony on the back of the building where we dry our laundry. We do have a washing machine which we are grateful for. We can use it when the power is full and the water is on at the same time- sometimes we have water and no/low power, sometimes we have no water. Note: As I was proof reading that very sentence, the power went off with a load of laundry in the washing machine! Who knows how long it will be out!
After the clothes are washed, we put them out to dry on a drying rack or we hang them on the rail on the back balcony. They dry well, but are very wrinkled and need a lot of ironing. The other problem arises when you forget them out there overnight because then they end up with gecko poop all over them and you have to start over. Learned that lesson the hard way!
The lot behind our building is vacant, but often one of our neighbours brings his goats there to graze for the day. When I took this picture today, there were no goats- just a vacant lot and the apartment complex behind us.
Off our back balcony and to the left, there is a path that leads to a school and a whole community (you can see a man walking on the path in the picture). We love to walk through there and visit with our neighbours. It is especially fun to walk by there as the kids are getting out of school- we have some really good chats then.
The large building/complex that you see in the background is a prison.
When we look out from our front balcony we can see our neighbours' houses and yards. Straight across is a garden that has plenty of casava and maize (corn) growing in it. There are also palm trees, banana trees and other fruit trees that we have not yet identified.
This house is directly across from our building in the other direction and is the home of the rooster that likes to begin crowing before sun up and carry on all day long. The building to the right of the second storey of the house, way back in the distance is the school that I spoke about earlier in this blog. On Sunday they use it for a church so we get to hear singing from there starting at 7AM on Sunday.
This house is right next door to the one in the previous picture (to give you context). The road is what Greg refers to as the back alley or as I called it in yesterday's blog, the back way in. Even though it is not paved, it is actually a street and does have a street name. This is our most frequent route that we take as it saves us a lot of time. It is very bumpy and often has a lot of pedestrians, but there is never a jam on this street. It is our most direct route when we are going to most places so we use it a lot.
That is the view from our apartment. In several of the pictures you can see different hills in the background- Kampala is built on several hills. In some pictures you can also notice that it is hazy. That is because we are in serious need of a rain- the dust, smoke and other assorted particles are just hanging in the air right now. A good rain would settle it down so we could see all the hills around us clearly.
Thanks for coming on this tour with us- now you have seen what we see when we look out our windows.
Birthday wishes go out to our baby girl who is not a baby anymore. Happy Birthday Charissa- we love you.
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