Howdy folks. Today was quite a day. It started off at 6:30 when my alarm went off. I know, 6:30 on a Saturday morning. It ought to be illegal. However, if we wanted to get out to the equator today we had to leave early. So by 8, after two coffees and some breaky, we started off towards the equator. I mean, if you're in Uganda, you have to make it out to the equator. It was quite a cool experience. There was a guy there wearing a Canucks hat. I had to tell him what a nice hat it was because you don't meet to many people out here that have them. It turns out that he's from Alberta and we had a nice chat about our work with MAF out here. Dave thought it was quite strange that I would stop someone i didn't know and tell him what a nice hat he had but I knew that guy had to be alright. After having some coffee and muffins, we headed back to Kampala. Once we got near the city, there was a huge traffic jam and we got caught in the wrong lane. It took us right into downtown instead of bypassing it like we wanted to do. So we decided that it was in our best interest to drive straight through downtown, avoid the clock tower round-a-bout (the worst one in Kampala) and go to the craft market. We needed to anyways. It's pretty cool there with little odds and ends like African paintings, bongos, harps, toys, trinkets, carved animals, clothes. Pretty much anything a tourist would need. The only problem is that you need to bargain for the items and that isn't the easiest for people who are used to looking at a price tag and paying for the item. It was fun. Well, I have a bunch of pictures of the day so have a look. Oh yeah, I bought the coolest nativity scene last night. It was made out of banana leaves and the wisemen and shepherds are black people. It's pretty cool. Anyways, I hope you have a fantastic weekend.
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