I'm almost as excited about my itinerary as I am the trip to Uganda itself.
On July 15, I fly from Houston to Chicago, were I meet up with another volunteer before catching an evening flight to London. From London, the journey continues to Nairobi and after landing in Nairobi, the final stretch is a short flight to Entebbe, Uganda. The trip home follows the same course, however I have a 20 hour layover in London. Should make for a really fun time, if I'm not too exhausted from so much travel and service beforehand.
The other official thing, I am vaccinated for the next 100 years probably. Today I had a travel consultation and in this meeting with Dr. Blue, I received a Rx for Larium - Malaria prevention, typhoid fever vaccination, yellow fever vaccination, polio boosters, tetanus booster, and diphtheria booster. Needless to say, my left arm is sore and my pocketbook is a little less full, but I feel good and safe now.
Everything is coming up so fast. I can't wait. Less than one month!
4 comments:
James,
I would love to provide you with a list of things that you may need when you go to Uganda. I could just do it here, or you could e-mail me and I will send it to you. I don't know where you're staying, but we stayed in a guest house in Jinja (that was where the orphanage was) and there were a few things that came in awfully handy. Just let me know on my blog if you would like me to leave the list here, on your comments or if you would like to e-mail me. My e-mail address is:
tuiningas@cruzinternet.com
Good job on getting vaccinated. Worth every penny. We were told that they would check our yellow fever cards, but noone ever did. Still, it's better safe than sorry, just take it...:-)
London is wonderful. We have the name of a good guest house if you want somewhere to crash. But since you're young, you probably won't want to...LOL!
Also, we were told that we might need a British visa if we had a layover in London (which we did- it was only 11 hours, though.) If you go through British Air, they can be kinda mean about it and it's best to have one for the way home. Just a suggestion. We didn't run into any trouble, but you may if you get a snotty official.
How's learning Lugandan going? I only know a few words...mostly to do with potty stuff since our new kids are toddlers...:-)
I think it's great what you're doing!And will help in any way I can.
I got my shots yesterday too!!! We are SOOO ready for this.
Lonesome DovE!!
I'm proud to know the movie reference for bought and paid for. :P
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