Election Eve

Well, things are heating up around here. The Ugandan elections are tomorrow and there has been some low level rioting in the capital. However, friends and family will be happy to know that I am in the semi-rural Rakai District currently, away from the capital and will be leaving tomorrow for a game park near the border of Rwanda. Our escape plan is to move into Rwanda if things go truly awry in Uganda (times have changed so quickly that Rwanda has become the escape route for potential political chaos in this part of Africa). Many ex-pats have acutally left already, hotels around the smaller city of Entebee, where the airport lies, are full, so that if there is an airlift people will be able to get to the airport quicker! I am at the Rakai Health Sciences Project (RHSP) now, in a very nice, new building (with wireless internet) and trying to get my project off the ground. Much more on RHSP to come.