HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I woke up feeling ready to be 25 and to head to Rwanda. I started packing at 5:30am, when Fred came round to my tent to wish me a Happy Birthday. What a great way to start the day! Then, that was immediately followed by a phone call from my parents, each singing happy birthday to me. Yay!!! However, while on the phone with my parents, I discovered MOLD all over the inside of my backpack… This resulted in a three hour scrubbing session of my backpack, tent, and belongings. I was very DIRTY as there was also a dust storm during the night, covering everything in red dust. Oh well – it was my birthday and nothing was going to get me down. And heck, I was of on an adventure anyway!

By noon, Evie and I were off to Kampala. We checked into our hostelish place and headed to the main city market. What fun! Evie is quite the bargainer and wanted to buy a bunch of skirts, so I had a great time watching her chat with locals and try to get relatively good deals. I also got a black linen skirt – I hate bartering, though, so I mostly just watched her do business. For my birthday present, Evie took me to dinner at the Kampala Sheraton where we had a three course meal and a bottle of wine. We even had ICE CREAM (almost an impossibility in Uganda due to the inconsistent electricity). By 10pm, we were tuckered and headed to bed…