Friday day 6

As you now know the Internet and electricity is extremely suspect here in Uganda. In the last 3 days during waking hours we have only had electricity for some 4 hours. To connect a phone (where these reports have been stored)to the Internet has been nigh on impossible. Today after a 2 mile walk (because we burnt out the clutch on a Toyota Hilux) I eventually found the Joka Internet cafe. Whoopee. This morning we went to the local fishing village to buy some fresh Tilapia (now my favourite fish) for tea. And then we visited a project of SPAU's where the women in a slum at ggaba have been trained in making crafts. They are making some beautiful products. I wanted to buy the lot but of course I would never able to transport them and in the long run it will not help these women. What they need is some help with a stall / shop and some marketing expertise. We were truly humbled. The human spirit is amazing and an inspiration as we watched these women rising up to take hold of such a bleak existence and striving for a better life against all the odds. It was a treat to hand out sweets to the children and to see their faces light up from such a simple gesture. Some women came from other places to receive a starburst or 2 for their child. In this place where people have nothing, a starburst draws a crowd. A village is touched by a sweet that we might take for granted. As the car is unusable we are changing our plans again and preparing for our trip home tomorrow. Now that I have found this outlet I may be able to post tomorrow otherwise I shall sum up at home. I am hoping that we will be able to travel to possibilities land again tomorrow to plot the access road and take some final details before our flight overnight Saturday / Sunday night.