Sunday 1^st November

Thursday and Friday this week proved quite busy. Ann was continuing to provide computer tuition for the staff in pharmacy while I continued to be involved with the medical ward patients mainly. On Friday we went to the Kagando farm to see a calf that was born earlier in the week. She seems very lively and healthy!

The new calf

Yesterday morning we made our way to Fort Portal for a couple of nights away. Johnny Rowland who is an agriculturalist kindly gave us a lift which was a huge help and gave us time to have a good chat. He will be sharing the house we are now living in until we leave Kagando in just over 3 weeks’ time. We certainly learnt a lot during the couple of hours of the journey about rearing good quality cattle in an area like Kagando.

We have had an enjoyable stay here. Yesterday we met up with a young doctor called Andrew who qualified in medicine recently and is going his first job here in Fort Portal. It is very tough for him with extremely long hours and also because he hasn’t yet been paid despite working for 3 months!

A beautiful weaver in the garden where we are staying

Today we went on an expedition to some small caves and crater lakes a few miles out of Fort Portal. It was good to be doing something entirely different and we were able to see some beautiful places around the lakes we visited. The stay here has also allowed us to stock up with a number of craft items which we will be bringing back with us in December.

Behind a waterfall

A wonderful crater lake

An obstacle on the way

The superb backdrop of the Ruwenzori mountains

Ann is being picked up from here tomorrow morning at 8.30 and being taken to Mityana for around 10 days and the same driver will collect me on the return journey to take me back to Kagando so I shall have a few hours tomorrow to do some computer jobs including trying to get together a drug list that we can use as a drug formulary at Kagando.

 

Is the really the RIP Café? (actually its R&P!!)