Malaria Time!

Take anti-malaria regularly
Sleep under mosquito net
Apply mosquito repellent
Try not to stay out when is "mosquito time"....
And Bla bla bla....all very true and useful...and all good...but I'm SO "lucky" that I got malaria nonetheless....and THE STRONG TYPE!
Of course if I'm writing is because I made it very  much alive! :)

Tuesday I thought I wouldn't make it to the next day. I know it sounds like an exaggeration, but it wouldn't if you could have seen me.
However, medicines make miracles and I jumped from hell to heaven in 24 hours!
Yes you do feel weak and all that (I honestly would be surprised otherwise!) but they allow you to put one foot straight in front of the other (it was an impossible task on Tuesday) and it feels like you are re-born!
Rosa, the other volunteer, was really nice and she bought for me few little treats. Sweety!

So, changing subject, here the rainy season is not that rainy after all....and I keep getting darker on my arms, whiter on my belly. What a nice combination :)
As some of you already know, I'm anticipating my return home.
I won't say the exact day (cheeky me :P) but it's definitely sooner than it should have been.

That's it for this week. Not much else as the main focus was on getting better.
I know some of you may think that it serves me right because I always want to challenge myself instead of going for something easier, but hey, I still love Africa! :) Hope you still love me :)

Hugs and love

Fede

Kampala :)

Hello hello!

Last week was great!
After saying Anna goodbye (always sad when someone leaves), me and Rosa got ready for our 4 days in Kampala. We name them our S.p.a. holiday, as we decided to stay away from carbs as much as possible and have a full immersion of vegs and fish (OMG Talapia is SO good!).

Monday we just chilled out at the Shopping Mall and went at the cinema (Oh yes!!!)...a little treat.
Tuesday we walked like madwomen. After spending the morning at the Sunyo Baby Orphanage, we crossed Kampala (literally) and went to the National Museum.
The experience at the orphanage reminded me of South Africa a lot, even though the children here were all younger than 4, and many!!
These women work tirelessly and the result is amazing! It's not easy to keep a place like that clean, with all those babies and without washing machine!
Wednesday we had a lazy day visiting the African Craft Village and the Gaddaffi Mosque (named after him as he financed it), the second biggest in Africa, after the one in Marocco. Never been into a mosque before, and it was a really interesting experience (they also veiled us properly).
Thursday we moved to Entebbe, which is lovely and welcoming, clean and quiet. We went to the Wildlife Conservation Centre and had lunch in an Italian restaurant....feeling home already!!! :P

Unfortunately time flies when you have fun, and the 4 days were soon over :(
It's hard to believe this is week number 8!

Hope everything is  good for you guys.

Hugs from a still hot Uganda

Fede