Looking back on the week

a few random thoughts:

1. I think I've mentioned the plethera of smells that exist here, most of which I could do without. Well, as I was walking to the health center one day this morning, I passed the chapati corner and got a whiff of what? A diner...they say smells trigger memory more than the other senses, but this was incredible...I was totally transported to South Philly or maybe the "Family Restaurant" my brother and I stopped at in the middle of the night in Kansas on a drive home from Colorado...eggs, cinnamon, coffee...it was unbelievable. Here they make something called a "rolex" - nope, not the watch, but a breakfast/lunch food...a chapati with eggs on the inside or outside, I can't remember. I've never had one because I've never been a big fan of most varieties of eggs. But man oh man was that smell good enough for a momentary trip home to the states for an imaginary breakfast.

2. I successfully hired my own boda here in Bundibugyo, all by myself. Yep, under the same tree that the men yelled at me so obnoxiously from, I just walked up to the oldest looking boda driver and said quietly/confidently, "I need to go to Busunga." "To the hospital?" He asked with a respectful look on his face. "Yes" I said. "That will be 2,000" he replied. I agreed, hopped on the back and off we went. But the rediculous part of the story is that I was not only wearing a skirt but also a pair of pants and a slip...the things we do to avoid ridicule...craziness...Oh and I got one 1/2 of the way back too :) I was so proud of myself. They both drove safely and I was thankful.

3. People here point with their lips. They look in the direction of the they they are trying to point out for one reason or another and they pucker their lips really big and gesture towards the thing with their lips...I have to keep from laughing everytime somebody does it, but I think it's cute :)