P.S. -- Corrections from my first post

A few things to add to my first post:

Apparently the abundance of storks in Kampala is a relatively new phenomenon-- they moved in after Idi Amin had his killing spree in the 70s and 80s-- lunchtime for the storks. Which makes them even more disgusting IMO. And they have never left.

My humble apologies to Sofia Coppola-- Drew reminded me that Lost in Translation, one of my favorite movies in the last couple of years, was written and directed by her.

Additionally, there is a reason every car here spews pollution-- most run on diesel and don't have catalytic converters, which apparently means they don't need to change their oil. Sadly, they get a lot of cars from Japan, which requires high environmental standards, so a lot of older Japanese cars that don't meet the standards are sold very cheap here. And then the Ugandans remove the catalytic converters because it makes their gas last longer. So environmentally sad. The Sahara desert is apparently expanding by 30 miles each year here, and already the Nile is about a foot lower on average than it used to be-- so low that Kampala has electricity only every other day, because the water does not have enough energy to turn the turbines (most of the wealthier establishments have generators that run on the off days, so i have not been without power yet.)

That's all for now...