Sunday 8^th November

Ann has continued to have some busy days both at Ekiwumulo and at the Café. There is a lot to be done in terms of trying to increase publicity about the Café to try to encourage a growth in the number of visitors.

The Café looking very splendid in the sunshine

 The Ugandan Tourist industry has certainly taken a bit of a hammering over the last year with visitor numbers down 30-40% largely as the result of the Ebola epidemic. This is in spite of the fact that the main focus for the epidemic in Sierra Leone was almost as near to the UK as it was to Uganda! Against that background we need to work hard to attract visitors to stop and use the Cafe's facilities. The food on offer remains good and the facilities are excellent so let’s hope the visitor numbers pick up.

Coffee and pancakes

Guacamole and chapatti chips

I have been continuing work in the hospital although things have perhaps quietened down in the last couple of days.  There are always some very sick people around including a man who has gone into acute renal failure because of his severe malaria. The end of last week also turned up two men with neurological complications from syphilis.

Uganda remains a very beautiful place with some very attractive flowers and wildlife. Ann has taken some photos of the flowers she sees every day on the way to the Café or the school. Yesterday a small group from here went to Queen Elisabeth Game Park and saw 3 groups of lions so let’s hope when the Esuubi group comes out inn April we have similar luck! Last night there were 2 Barn Owls roosting in the trees just outside the guest house. I will try to get a photo of them if they are there another night.

Beautiful wild flowers are everywhere to be seen

Ann was tempted to try the local delicacy of roasted grass hoppers! I can’t say that I’m particularly keen! Apparently they taste rather like chicken.

Yummy roast grasshoppers! Not destined for the Café menu!