Wanen Koni, Gulu!

See you later, Gulu!

Today is officially my last full day in Gulu. Almost everyone from our group is already back in Kampala, giving Gulu the "last few days of finals" feeling. Aside from feeling a bit lonely at our hotel, I definitely am not ready to be done with my time in Gulu. So I thought I would make a list of some things that I'm going to miss about being here:

1. First and foremost, Caritas and the social workers there. We have SO much fun together, given that they actually have a sense of humor and ALMOST understand sarcasm, which is kind of a big deal here. These are the people that I'm going to miss the most out of all my time in Uganda.

2. The incredible hospitality and friendliness of the Acholi people. The other day our tailors invited us to their house for lunch. People here are always inviting you to come to their village where they treat you with the best treatment a visitor has ever gotten.

3. Tailors. Since this is my last extended time in one place, my tailoring frenzy has come to an end. If only I had known that it only costs 8,000 UGX to get a dress made here, I would have made more than the current 5 that I already own. Unfortunately, I had half of those made in Kampala for 25,000 UGX, but now I just have one more reason to come back to Gulu.

4. Bodas and negative traffic. I have an intense boda boda obsession, and am going to need to find a way to fulfill it in the US. I also love not having to worry about all of the taxis trying to hit me. Kampala is going to be culture shock all over again.

I could probably go on, but my time at the internet cafe is running low. I'm happy to be basically done with my research, and I can't wait for the travel part of the program to start. Our number has grown to 5, and I think we have a really awesome group of girls to travel with. For now, hope all is well!

Wanen koni!