Life with MK: Finally arrived in Tororo! (6/17/2013)

This morning we got up and hike up the mountain to the top of Sisiye Falls. Since I am a little sic, I had a really hard time hiking on the way up, but it was beautiful. I just went really slow and took some extra rests. The views from the hike and from e top were amazing! You could see pretty far out and it was so green. There was a village at the top too and they had we cute animals (one little cat was especially adorable). There were also some kids that followed us for a bit and they were pretty cute.

The way down was nice and easy luckily and we arrived back at the place we were staying for breakfast with no problems. Breakfast was delicious as usual, and the view was impeccable. After breakfast we packed up our stuff again and hit the road to Kanjinima.

The drive to Kanjinima was long and on pretty bad roads. I thought it was close to where we were already, but I was very wrong. It was a nice drive though. Dr. Patrick Mutono works in Kanjinima and is a friend of Bruno. He used to work in the US but is from the district Kanjinima is in and decided to move back at least ten years ago. We toured his hospital which was small, but less chaotic than Mulago, and then saw the nice house he has built nearby. It's a huge unsure you would expect to see at home, but not finished yet, so doesn't look too homey inside (we only saw it through the windows since he wasn't home). We didn't get to meet Patrick since he was recently elected to parliament and was away, but I hear he is very nice.

After Kanjinima we finally made the drive to Tororo, my new home base for the next six-ish weeks. We got a short tour of the hospital, which reminds me of if Las Lomas was much older and converted into a hospital with all the classrooms in a building becoming on long room. There are no screens on the windows, not even in the OR. It's similar to the other hospitals we've seen. W also got a quick tour of the GHU office we will be working in.

After the hospital we went to where we are staying and it will be nice. There is a fan so I am happy! We didn't hang out there too long before heading out to the longest dinner ever. We ate at the Prime Hotel and it took over an hour (maybe an hour and a half) to get our food. Mix in a couple power outages and it was a long and tiring evening. My nose was getting really congested too which made things worse. After dinner we went back to the guest house/hotel and pretty much went straight to sleep. Starting work tomorrow and everyone else is leaving.