Allison has arrived in Uganda after a flight to Entebbe and a 6 hour drive on Sat. She's now staying at another Research Centre in Kibale National Park (see link from 2nd post) - one of Africa's most biodiverse parks. It's located just near a tea plantation where she's already met the owners and is now partaking in the local teas. The accomodations are "better than cabins", 4 to a room with bunk beds, mosquito nets, showers and flush toilets. She has been enjoying the food and Allison says there are lots of monkeys all around the area.
At 11pm (Ugandan time) it was 20C when she called and had been 26C and partly cloudy on Sunday while they had their lectures outside under the trees! It is now noticeably lush and green compared to the last week in the city. Tomorrow (Mon), after a morning jog with about 10 others around the Centre boundary road, they will be walking to a nearby village. And apparently Allison is up for election as one of the student reps based on a passionate thank you speech she gave in Nairobi after the visit to the Kibera Slum (must get that gift of the gab from her Mum).
She has started her first study course on Health and Environment in Africa. http://www.mcgill.ca/files/africa/GEOG493.pdf
She will not have access to the internet much for the next couple weeks but will be calling again the end of the week. Needless to say she is having a great time so far.
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