On Saturday we drove to Kiboga just before Hoima with My friend Rowena to visit a tree plantation.No, I do not work for NEMA and neither does she. This is a forest reserve of about 12 hectares run by the Global Woods project in South America.Mbu everyone is cashing in on carbon trading these days so being the brilliant investors that we are, we dont want to miss out.Ok dont bother because forestry is obviously a very patient business, definately No get rich scheme. So if u have 40 years to wait out, then by all means. I conquered my fear of heights and climbed a really high water tower(I think I am now ready to go bunji jumping). Foxtail Apparently a tree that grows tall and lanky without buffing up is called a foxtail. Kinda like Rev would be considered a foxtail. haaarrnk! (Damn you Baz)
Anyway there is only so much one can write about trees.....
On my way back I get this sms from my house mate, saying
"free beers in Kabalagala, get here now". Who can resist free beers so I carry my tired-forest-hiking-ass to Kabalagala purely out of curiosity. Ok you got me it was the free beers. Turns out there is a kafunda dominated by Acholis in the heart of this red light district. So I was totally in the Zone, speaking the language like I never left Amuru district. Then they had to play "Anjolina" and all those DJ languna jams and all my reservations about being seen in this joint just faded.
After a few beers, I dared to ask what we were celebrating. Turns out one of the chicks has a muzungu boyfriend who had just given her a major windfall. She was 30million shs richer and needed every excuse to celebrate.
Maybe I should consider a career change. Women in Kabalagala were definately minting the cash.I suspect highly that most of the gals I was partying with that day are prostitutes but that day, they were off duty and genuinely happy for their friend. And I really did enjoy their company as most of them really had some great stories to tell.
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