SeNile and Die?

It’s Easter – and time for a few days away.

We went with Corrie to a lodge on the banks of the River Nile. One source of the Nile is at Jinja on Lake Victoria which is a beautiful part of Uganda to visit.

 We would like to say how active we all were. In fact, the ladies were very active, including swimming several times a day. Malcolm just sat around enjoying the view.

As a reward for all the exercise we all shared in some Easter chocolate. At least the ladies will have worked the calories off.

Corrie set herself a target of doing a large jig saw. There is nothing like sitting outside doing a jigsaw overlooking the Nile.

 

One creature which did not need to feel guilty about being lazy was a small sun bird which had built a nest by the swimming pool. She kept busy by getting food to feed her chicks.

On the way home we were overtaken by a coffin on wheels. You never know when you might need one.

This weeks proverb from the BBC Africa web-site is from Sierra Leone:  "No matter how beautiful and well-crafted a coffin might look, it will not make anyone wish for death"


PS. Despite the title, see you next week?

A Day for International Women

Last Saturday, 8^th March, was International Women’s day. This week we will look at how some International Women celebrated.

It was a good day for relaxing in the swimming pool. Dr Corrie thought a refreshing drink would be he best way to toast the day.

Always enjoying any opportunity to dress up, Corrie and Irene tried on some local dresses. Dr Corrie looks particularly fetching in a ‘Gomez’ which is the traditional costume of the Lugandan tribe.

Meanwhile a couple of Ugandan girls were enjoying themselves trying out a new, oversized, hand bag.

Mairead has been working at the Hospital for the last 6 months but it was time to return home to Ireland. She has spent some time teaching computers to the Nursing School students, who thanked her by presenting a gift.

Last week we talked about buying meat in a local market. This week we enjoyed a meal with Corrie of beef stew, roast potatoes, beans and carrots. Lovely!

The bug of the week are a ‘flutter’ of tiny butterflies which we spotted trying to cool off in the baking sun.

This week’s Proverb from the BBC Africa web-site is from Nigeria: “A woman is never old when it comes to the dance she knows”

Just a Matter of Style

Not wanting you to think that we are always on holiday……………….

 

June 3^rd, Martyrs’ Day, is a bank holiday in Uganda. To celebrate (the killing by the King of Buganda of 45 Catholics in he 1870’s) we had a long weekend by Lake Victoria.

  Some of the pictorial highlights of the weekend were:

 

 

This week’s bug is a large fly in a Kampala Shopping Centre.

 

 

This week’s proverb from the BBC Africa web-site is from Nigeria  “A fish has nothing to do with a raincoat”

 PS Malcolm swimming? – Still no miracle!

Somtimes Miracles Do Happen

 It’s a hard life in the mission field!!!! 

Last weekend a group of us (with Dr Corrie, Denise and Gideon) decided to go for a bit of relaxation at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala. To most people this would be a thrill – but Malcolm and water do not mix at the best of time, so he remained on dry land.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We don’t want to make too many unsubtantiated claims, other than the camera cannot lie!!! As you can see at one point Gideon decided that he would join Malcolm in the dry by walking on the water. Quite a feat (or is that feet?)

 

To keep with the miracle theme on the way home we spotted a woman carrying what was probably her bed (we would call it a mat) on her head.

 

And then there was the market by the road side.

 

Irene has made her presence felt here – we are just waiting to find Lord Malcolm’s University to complete the set.

 

This weeks bugs are a group of butterflies (is that a flutter of butterflies, or a butter of flutterbies?). For some reason they were attracted to a neighbours garden

 

This week’s proverb from the BBC Africa web-site is from Kenya  “To pick something up from under a bed, you must bend down” 

PS Malcolm swimming – Now that would be a miracle!