As promised, at last, pictures

Larger versions are available if you click on the photos. I’m trusting you to figure out how. I know you can do it.

The Kitgum Airfield. Yep, there it is. Note the highly sophisticated luggage control system there on the left. The nice part is you can yell at them if you see them tossing your bag around.

The view out my window taking off from the Kitgum airport.

photo by Jamie Elson

This is Jamie and Rose collecting termites. Mmm, mmm, good. It doesn’t really get across the sheer volume of termites, but it’s also not a butt shot, so I think I chose the lesser of two evils there.

picture by Matt&Jamie Jolley

This is Terrance, previously mentioned in this post. He’s holding one of the orphans. They were all decked out in their finest clothes for our visit, I should point out. When we toured his hospital he said that 30% of the children that come through his Nutrition department test positive for HIV/AIDS. The same with his orphans. You have to assume that everyone has it, all those little babies that are so darn cute could kill you. My hangnails suddenly became a problem because they are open wounds and what a stupid way to get HIV, no?

This is Matt holding Grace, if I remember her name right. The entire two days we were there all she wanted was for someone to hold her. There are probably pictures of all of us holding her, as a matter of fact, if I went digging around.

Quick note: holding little kids in Uganda is something of an act of bravery. No diapers. The longer you hold them, the better the chances of getting something you don’t want on you, on you. It’s a little nerve-wracking.

Okay, so that’s enough for now, more to follow in the coming days.