Off to Uganda!

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To give you a sense of where we're heading and what we're going to be doing, here's a recent article from the special issue on Africa that Vanity Fair did, and they happened to highlight Ruhiira, Uganda... the village where we'll be for the next four months!

After spending a few short days with family and some last minute dr.'s appointments, we're excited about our overnight flights the next few days, transporting us to the other side of our beautiful blue planet.

Here's our itenerary (past and present):
Leave New York (8/3/07)
Fly to Kansas City (wedding and family)
Drive to Wichita 8/7/07 (family)
Roadtrip with family to Slidell, LA (Stopover near Dallas at a cute B&B) 8/8/07
The "great, exciting 1st time parent-meeting adventure", in and around New Orleans 8/9-8/12/07
Greyhound bus to Pensacola, FL, flight to Atlanta to see family 8/13/07
Flight from ATL-Moscow (10hrs) 8/15/07
Day layover in Moscow (to see Red Square) 8/16/07
Flight from Moscow-New Delhi (7hrs) 8/17/07
Train from New Delhi-Mumbai (25hrs) 8/18/07
Flight from Mumbai-Nairobi (6hrs) 8/20/07
Bus from Nairobi to Mombasa to Lamu Island, Kenya 8/21/07
4 days at Lamu Island
Bus from Lamu-Mombasa-Arusha, Tanzania (near Mt. Kilimanjaro and Serengeti Nat'l Park) 8/26/07
3-4 days in and around Arusha
Bus from Arusha-Nairobi-Mt. Kenya, to stay in "The Ark" Hotel (so excited!) 8/30/07
Bus from Nairobi-Kampala, Uganda 9/1/07
Bus from Kampala-Mbarara-Ruhiira!

Wish us luck! (and love, and peace, and prayers)