mudslide a couple of days ago (Near Mt Elgon).
I am now at the Ngamba Island chimpanzee sanctuary. I arrived on
Sunday – the weather was beautiful and the lake was perfectly calm.
The boat ride from Entebbe took about 45 minutes. I immediately met
my collaborators here and did rounds with them during the afternoon
and evening.
The facilities here are very nice. Solar power, cell phone coverage,
a proper bed, desk and closet in my small but very comfortable room.
These were things I'd only dreamed of during years in a tent and
bathing in a cold river! I feel like a fairy princess in a castle here
by comparison.
And guess what else? A rec room with a TV!!!!! It can run for an hour
or two at night. Local news is first priority, but football and other
shows come on after. The most hilarious are the dubbed soap operas.
This was familiar from my time in Madagascar. There it was "Marie
Mar," which was a Mexican soap opera dubbed into French. The same
episode was shown before and after the news…the exact same episode…and
folks liked it so much they would watch both showings. (I was often
called Marie Mar on the street because I was blonde) Here, I've seen
"Shades of Sin" an Italian soap opera "dubbed" (and I use that term
loosely) into English by exactly two voice over people…one male and
one female. The other gem is a Filipino soap opera dubbed into
Luganda, a local language. Talk about hilarious. I don't understand
a single word and actually don't have to in order to be entertained.
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