Excitement Explosion about to occur.

Only four days left until I set off for Africa! I travel to Dublin then fly out to Istanbul  at 11:05 have a quick layover 17:20 - 18:20 before heading to Entebbe, Uganda at 02:50 (via Kigali, Rwanda.) Once arrived I'll have to go through customs/immigration and hopefully will be awake enough to fill out necessary visa forms! Then a local hotel is collecting me and I'll hopefully then get some much needed rest.

The following morning I'll be picked up by the hospital and make the journey to Kiwoko Hospital. This will be my first stop and I'll be there for just over 6 weeks. It is part of my university course and I'm really looking forward to experiencing nursing in Uganda. It will be so different from the hospitals in Edinburgh and although I've read up on a bit of background information it will definitely be an eye opener! I'm expecting the heat, new dress uniforms, lack of resources and the bugs (unfortunately) but am really not sure about so many other things that will soon be coming my way! So preparing for the unexpected is proving quite difficult.

I am very excited though and looking forward to the unknown. I've laid out things to pack several times and it's just not happened yet. I think of something else and find myself doing other things and procrastinating (again!). So then I decided that before packing I should show you one of my lovely uniforms...

Dress Uniform ready to go!

And now that you've seen one I really don't have an excuse not to pack! So better go and get on with it! :) Sarah