Tuesday

When I arrived it was lovely to see our friend William waiting outside the airport with a big smi!e and warm greeting, it was then just a short drive to the airport hotel to pick up Rachel, who had arrived the night before.
The drive from Entebbe, through Kampala to Jinja is the part of the trip I least enjoy. It takes 3 our more hours of traffic jams and chaos to cover the 70 km.
Along the road there are hundreds of shops, roadside stalls and markets, busting with activity as everyone tries to make a sale, that they hope will provide some money for food that evening. This year there were some firsts. Our new route took us past a large fish market – you could smell it before you saw it. I have seen many types of goods on the back of bicycles and motorbikes, it is the first time I have seen a fridge. October and November are in the rainy season, fortunately we managed to avoid the tropical downpores along the way.
There were also several lorries off the road, this one narrowly missing some houses. They are a reminder of how dangerous the roads are here.
At last we were on the final approach to Jinja, over the impressive new road bridge (built with Japanese help last year) then along to the Paradise on the Nile Hotel and a welcome cup of tea with this wonderful view over the Nile.

There was a lovely sunset over the trees this evening as we waited for

Pastor Alfred, the MVA Director to arrive. He was 2 hours late having been to a funeral in one of the outlying villiages, because of the rain many of the vehicles got stuck and he ended up walking 5km down a muddy road. In spite of Brexit worries, it makes you realise that our life in the UK is not so bad.
Off to visit the MVA project in Masese tomorrow.

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Nigel Harris nigeldavidharris@netscape.net