getting back in the swing of things.

alright so this week has been a fairly repetitive each day alissa and i have been waking up around 7:30am and reading for a bit, then we take tea and toast before heading into town for the day. i have been showing her around the city from the taxi parks, to the markets, my favorite resturants and bars...we even hiked up to one of the 60+ mosques in kampala and took a brief tour. this particular mosque is the second largest in all of africa and was just opened three months prior to our visit. we had to wear scarves on our heads and around our skirts (they were a bit too short) before we could enter the mosque, and dont you worry we got a few great pictures - i'll have to post them later for you all to see. each afternoon we have been sitting at my favorite bar/resturant called chamber for 3, 4, 5 hours and journaling and reading. the bar has an outdoor balcony which over looks kampala road and is great for people watching! we have made a few friends there as well. the first is ali washington, being a bit funny to us both - the obvious being that my name is ali and then alissa being from washington made the name even better! anywhoo a-w sells cd's and comes everday with new mixes trying to persuade us to buy from him. the first day was ugandan mixes, the next was the westside and shania and yesterday he was trying to convert our table with "christian - praise the lord, praise the lord!" now our second and most loyal friend has been ras-peace. ras-peace is our new rasta-friend who we see everyday at chambers. his sister owns a salon, which he watches for her everday. however, him working for a salon is a bit ironic being that a majority of our conversations have been about keeping our bodies natural. he has explained to us his hatred of the bald-heads as he refers tot he non-rastafari ugandans who dont let their "pillows do the rolling" but rather cut it off to conform to the instutions and polticians that ras-peace doesnt follow...he's quite the character. in school, when he had a bald head, he was called dickens and now he is a well known reggae-mc in kampala. oh their is so much to say about ras-peace i just dont have enough time left on the internet! anyways, last night i was able to go visit one of my friend's homestay families from the fall at their home, which was so wonderful to see a few more familar faces and catch up on the past few months. after eating some sugar cane we headed into town to go to a thursday night favorite - rock night at steakout! needless to say this week have been a very laid back and relaxed week, which i think we have both needed! it has been so nice to be able to catch up with old friends and see familar faces! especially on our walk home yesterday, i was able to walk past the homes of many of the familar faces that i had missed these past five months! we will be leaving kampala on monday and will head off to gulu!