WALKS

My favourite days are the one’s where Rob gets home before dark. 

It usually gets dark here around 7pm.

Every few weeks Rob will have a quieter week and manages to make it home before dark.

On these days we go for a walk. 
We are trying to explore all the areas around our home. 
We will probably see more of this community than many locals. 

i always love the walks - especially all the huts and the country side - and the sunsets are beautiful. 
We get called to or sometimes chased after - especially when we stop to buy fruit at a little stall - 
OK let me rephrase that - I GET CALLED TO - :) haha
And rob says  - people dont even see me when i'm with you :) hahaha 

i try to collect pictures on our walks of the different areas to show different parts of our community. 
Here is a small collection of some we have captured. 

There's even a link to a video I captured of some kids

This is often our view on an afternoon walk or the reason we don't get to go. 

Lira is in wet season at moment and get amazing rain and storms often with hail and always with heaps of lightening and thunder.

A normal view here - babies asleep on mummies back

the biggest paw paw I have ever seen!! Being sold by a little girl about 9years - we bought a pineapple here

this was a favourite day - we discovered an area that was fairly bushy and quiet and we watched the sky for ages. Was amazing. 

The kids that we saw in this area could not believe their was a Mzungu/mmnu in their area

I love this grass in Australia and we saw it here for first time. 

Rob said I'm going to the toilet and headed to the bush - but actually came back with these.

Still feeding my love for flowers (especially from the wild) even here

Another little stall - we bought tomatoes and mandarines here

Kids came running over and jumping up and down

The kids that came running over - took their photo and showed them - they loved that!

When i reached out to shake their hand - they screamed with excitement !! ADORABLE

A corner store that sells tomatoes and a few local foods

I love this picture - the simple hut and their crops and green grass - majority of the homes where like this in this area. 

One of the best things when we go for walks are the stories ROb shares about his life growing up in the village or ugandan way of life. 

\We stopped one day when he spotted this tree with beans that looked very much like snow peas( i really wanted to eat one ) and then he opened it and said 

this is what we use to use for glue for our school work 

AMAZING  - and it was super sticky - just like glue

Little huts about 3 minute walk from our house after we walked to little shack shop to buy bread and a treat of Raspberry Fanta

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO - AS WE WERE WALKING ALONG TALKING I SAW THESE KIDS PLAYING IN THE TREE - SINCE THEN I HAVE SEEN THEM DO THIS LOTS.

APPARENTLY ITS POPULAR WITH THIS TREE - ROB SAID HE DID IT AS A KID AND YOU CAN BOUNCE REALLY REALLY HIGH.....

 

CHECK IT OUT ON YOUTUBE

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19iHG03tzb4&feature=youtu.be

 if link doesn't work you can right click and go to - GO TO COPIED ADDRESS and then watch it