An Interesting Snack or Two!

Time for another trip away. This time to Masindi which is about 100 miles north on the edge of Murchison Falls Nature Reserve. 

On the way we stopped at a very smart diner for Breakfast. Here Malcolm bought a Rolex – which isn’t a fake watch but a genuine egg rolled in a Chapati (Rolled egg - Rolex).

At our hotel Dr Corrie decided to try a sizzling beef Chinese dish, which was very nice but resulted in all low flying aircraft being grounded because of fog!

 

Malcolm was then caught pretending he was some kind of airline pilot – not terribly convincing I’m afraid.

 

Having grounded all the planes Corrie had to ground her car for a puncture. Here tubeless tyres are repaired by pushing a piece of rubber covered in glue through the hole – a method used in England till about 40 years ago when it was deemed unsafe.

 

Back at the Hospital (and we do work at the Hospital in-between weekends away) Irene as been working at the HIV clinic to identify how they might improve their admin procedures. On Friday the clinic had a staff briefing which included Irene updating staff on her review.

 

Out and about Malcolm noticed a lot of children and women collecting things from the side of the road. On closer inspection he saw the wings from flying ants which occasionally swarm at night and then lose their wings in the morning. We used to have some flying inside our house in Kisoro. The people were collecting the ants, eating some of them alive. We understand they are often fried as a nutritious snack. These are the bug of the week.

This week’s Swahili proverb from the BBC Africa web-site is from South Sudan  “A chick is not taught how to scratch up the ground for food”