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Greene, K.
1990
October 24 (continued)
Upper right calf swollen and hard - took a few minutes to go away, and I must have pulled a tendon because I was limping 'til mid-morning. Out to the airport by noon, where Jens and Bob successfully argued our huge quantity of luggage on Kenya Airways for only $70 overweight fees (Jens to the K.A. woman: "you wouldn't want to keep these bags"). Flew west over Lake Victoria which is so large it can't be seen shore-to-shore from 35,000 feet in a jet. Uganda customs in Entebbe was slow but hassle free, and we were met and taken to Kampala by John Mitchell, Bob's friend who works for CARE and facilitated our trip. His Somali wife fixed us a fabulous dinner, reminiscent of the Ethiopian restaurant in Berkeley.
October 25
Kampala to Kabale, Uganda
We left the CARE office at 0940 h, and had lunch of avocado salad, goat, and rice in Mbarara at x1400h. ~20 mi WSW of Mbarara a large Displodyus type crossed the road in front of us, and ~35 mi WSW of Mbarara we hit a Chacelo of crossing the road at 1530 h in hilly cultivated country. Over this entire section of road there was scarcely any undisturbed land in sight - everywhere people, cattle, and goats. No horses, very few dogs, no pigs. Red dirt everywhere, drab-gray mud houses w/thatched or tin roofs, and women in veiled clothing.