They are in Uganda! Actually all of the Toyotas might be here, it's rather unbelievable - they don't die they just go to Uganda. I was picked up by the program director in her Rav 4, as we were driving I noticed that just about every other vehicle we passed was a Rav 4. Then all of the taxis here, Matatus, seem to be some kind of old Toyota van from the 70's - at least the interiors - definitely some hideous 70's upholstery. BTW, anything and everything seems to be allowed in these - people get in them with their chickens - live chickens. And everyone else drives a sedan, usually a Corolla, or a Corona(do we get that model in the States?). But these sedans aren't just driven on the regular streets and highways, they are off-roaded too. Mmm hmmm, that's right, they drive these damn, old ass sedans on the craziest, rutted out dirt roads you can imagine; stuff that we we would only drive the FJ on, we would never dream of taking a car on any of these roads, but they think NOTHING of it, while I'm sitting there thinking - Oh shit, we are so never gonna make this!
The other typical form of transport is a Boda boda, this is a motorcycle, used to transport EVERYTHING! We've seen tons of bananas strapped to one, a kid with a full size goat, 4 children, and a twin-sized bed frame to name a few. Not to mention people in general, including me. Stephanie, the other volunteer placed with me, and I saw all of this and figured it should be NBD for us, haha. J/k, it went totally fine, little bit of a sketchy start but it's been fine ever since - even on the dirt roads out to one of the villages we work in. Although it had rained all night last night and a couple times this morning I fully thought we were going to eat shit in the mud! Pics and video of this to come soon!
Btw, the power goes out here on a regular basis and the internet is maddeningly slow, hence the trouble getting these posts up!
yeah we get coronas.....grant used to have one!
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