silent attacking blue jays: July 2012

Friday, July 20, 2012

more adventures with matt.

after five minutes on this thing, we almost died on the grill of a pineapple truck, landed on our faces, and totally wrecked the scooter.

mid february, my buddy and former DC housemate, matt, came to gulu for a six-week visit. he ended up helping me a ton with my heavy workload, so i was able to take some time off for some adventuring in rwanda, tanzania, and south sudan.

first stop: juba. i was very excited to see the world's newest country, but while matt seemed to be everyone's new best friend, i was harassed from the minute we stepped across the border. i was suspected of being a journalist on multiple occasions and narrowly avoided arrest by the SPLA twice.

still, i kinda loved this crazy place.

the padres at murch

back in february my parents came to uganda for a two-week visit. my dad had the opportunity to assist in training some of the dental students at makerere, uganda's biggest university. among other celebrations, they took me along for a safari adventure at murchison falls national park, an excursion I never could have afforded on my own, and they even made it up to gulu for a couple nights. all in all, it was pretty awesome that they came see a bit of this country that I love.