Today is Saturday, May 19 and we're in The Coffee Hut again. We've had some very full days and we only have a little time here since Santo has invited colleagues to come to meet Annie and me and talk about HIV/AIDS in Northern Uganda. Annie is pretty sure he wants her to start an NGO to deal with some particular issues but she's not sure she wants to do this for a number of reasons. But still it will be a good time for me to learn more about their perspectives. This will be set of random thoughts for this blog. 1.) Forgot to mention the begging baboons on the bus trip to Gulu. About halfway into the trip you get to the Nile River which is very, very powerful at this point. Then you get to what is closest to "the bush" on this roan. It is a very rocky, and densely vegetated spot and sitting on the side of the road are baboons, many of them, young and old. They are completely unafraid of vehicles and literally sit with their hands out begging. 2.) There's been more talk of Joseph Kony than I expected. Rumor has it that he's in South Sudan which is troublesome since he's closer to Uganda again. Yet there's hope because of the U.S. troops coming in with technology that has helped local forces kill one of the leaders. Another thing about the LRA. My good friend and teacher, Elijah (he has to be the smartest thirteen year old I know) told me about his experience in school which is about halfway between Kampala and Gulu. There are only about four Acholi (Northern Ugandan) students there and they are ostracized by the other students (mostly Bantu). On movie night, they can only watch movies in English, Bantu, or Swahili. He (and Santo confirmed this later) said that other Ugandans consider the Acholi people to be just like Kony - violent and uncivilized. They can't win. Terrorized by Kony's people, shunned by other Ugandans. Got to go. More later.