Gulu Visit

About six weeks ago, I traveled to Gulu to visit Jocelyn.  I forgot to take many pictures of my visit, but I did want to document it here.  Better late than never?

My bus journey was complete with the typical set backs and break downs that characterize most of my travel in Africa.  This is the "rest stop" in Kafu where I ended up chilling for about an hour and a half trying to transfer buses.  Whenever a bus rolls through, the vendors race out to crowd around and hold up their food items for sale through the bus windows.  It was fascinating to observe a slice of their life for a time.  I met many prospective spouses here.

But it was all worth it to get to Gulu.  Gulu is a fun little town with lots of great food and interesting stuff to do.  I spent part of the first day helping Jocelyn out at Krochet Kids where she works. 

On a quest to make chips and salsa, I went to the market in search of ingredients and got caught in a major downpour.  Some of the market women invited me into their stall where I waited out the rain for about a half an hour. 

We ate well!  Good chips and salsa were had, along with some delicious pizza, omelets, Lebanese, and Ethiopian foods.  We also strolled around town, went to church, got sun burned, played banana-grams, met her colleagues, hung out with her kittens, and I got to have an extended Swahili conversation with her guard. It was a splendid visit. :-)  Thanks for being a great hostess, JC.