Juancho in Uganda

My birthday has been awesome. I will update what happened yesterday later on since it is already in a notebook and the internet at this cafe is very very slow. We had a whole day of orientation ranging from health issues to local customs that we should follow when we do the outreach. Since I am the only male, they expect me to dress very formal and I will need to iron all my clothes in a place with no electricity... meaning ironing with a coal iron. I remembered a couple of those at my grandfather's museum room but they were never used. Let's see how that goes. We also went around town the whole day on a scavenger hunt to find the local places like the supermarket, police station, and of course the internet cafe. We are walking back in a couple of minutes to have dinner with all the other team leaders and then have a beer (I have only tried Tusker or Club so far and the most impressive part... the bottles are all half a liter!). I already got an awesome birthday present: All the little kids yell Mzungu Bye! Mzungu Bye! when you pass by and move their hands saluting (Mzungu means foreigner). I cannot count the number of times that I have said bye back but they always get a smile out of me. In a sense I also got a "bandeja paisa" since we had rice, beans, and avocado for lunch among other things and I mixed them together. To top it off I got "murrapos" in the market (baby bananas). Sorry about the lack of pictures but the connection is not good enough so far. I will try a day that I have more time! Thanks to everybody for the messages today... I really appreciate them and sorry for not replying to them personally.