Miss Lily

Today I had to take out 1,5 million at the cash machine.. What a feeling! Haha I only wish it was in SEK or even better USD but it was in Uganda Shilling :) 

 

We have spent a couple of nights in Kenya saying goodbye to some of the crew and hello to others and are now six people on the truck. We just crossed the Ugandan border and are heading towards our Gorilla Trek with children screaming Mzungu everywhere we go. The word Mzungu means white person and originates from the Kiswahili verb Kuzunguka meaning "to wander around aimlessly like a mad person". Some say that the Swahili word for hangover; kuzungu-zungu meaning "my head is going round and round" also has something to do with it.  Haha all I need to know is that the children is smiling while saying it, which they most often are, and Ill be happy. 

 

Up in the Kenyan highlands it was very chilly but beautiful forests with pine trees and other trees that actually reminded me of home. I had expected the people to be very tired of tourists by now and I don't know if it is the truck that makes a difference but I can't feel the hostility that I have heard so much about at all. We will come back to Kenya after a couple of days here so my opinion might change but so far I have only felt warmth from the people everywhere. I love sitting on the truck and seeing a person that at first glance looks unfriendly shine up in smiles as soon as we wave and smile at them. 

 

It is a good lesson learned to see what a smile can do in the world.