I’ve been in Uganda for a week now.

The weather’s really nice. Somewhat hot at noon, cool in mornings and evenings.

I’ve eaten the same meal for the past week, except once when we ate Indian. This meal is: Rice, Spaghetti, Matooke (plantains), Sweet Potato, Posh (some sort of flavorless root), Beans, and some sort of meat. Every single meal. Although we had samosas this morning for breakfast.There is no fiber or vegetables in this diet @___@.

We’re working at a hospital in Mbarara. This week we’re just observing and shadowing the doctors. For the next eight weeks we’ll be going around the outer districts of greater Mbarara to the villages, redoing what we learned at the hospital this week. Aka things regarding Safe Motherhood and antenatal care.

I’ve had Internet access about three times now: once on Prof. Alex’s Blackberry, once at a cafe (really slow), and now. Now we’re using a mobile internet SIM card that connects by USB to your computer. Usually it’s at 0 KB/s, but now it’s relatively okay, around 20 KB/s, so pages take less than 30 seconds to load. Unfortunately I don’t have that much Internet time, so I can’t post to my travel blog. And Jack, I’ll try to email you sometime within the next week…