As said some of us decided to wake up at 4 am, two volunteers Charles and Evelyn, Hinde, Michal and I were the first who wanted to try that experience. We met in the hotel lobby at 4, dark but already warm, silent tv was presenting ridiculous movies about crazy people and human experiments with stolen bodies, receptionist was in deep phase of sleep, i looked at him and thought REM. Back in the shower i was thinking about early mornings - which i generally like regardless where it happens that i have to be awaken before the sunrise. I was thinking about the book i read years ago The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski and especially when he describes the incandescent quality of African light: “In reality, the sun comes out as if it were a ball catapulted into the air. We suddenly see a fiery sphere, so near to us that we can’t help experiencing a frisson of fear. ... It’s as if all night long everyone was crouching on his starter’s blocks and now, at that shot of sunlight ... the streets are full of people, the shops are open, the fires and kitchens are smoking.” I remember first time going to Kalangla island with Milton and Wire in March last year - when we were looking for the good venue. We also started our trip at 4 am, and it was really truly beautiful experience, whole drive that with the ferry takes about 4 hours and it lets you experience all different aspects of life in Uganda, you go through cities, villages, forests and water passing by the Equator. Of course there is amazing sunrise and thousands of different birds on the way.

I really hope some of you will experience that as well and it is worth to be on your feet at 4 am already :-)

What has happen this morning to us was not that exciting though :-) our driver did not appear for some time, we were left with silence tv set abusing our believe that actually human nature makes any sense :-) Later we found out that he had an accident, not dangerous for him, but he could not make it. So we went to our beds at 6 am, to be back in the lobby at 8 hoping we gonna make the next ferry at noon, but that did not happen either :-)

We are still in Kampala, working with new drivers, departing for the 4 PM ferry. All the equipment and internet are already there. We were join by Max from Uganda our next volunteer and our first real participant Lucas from Kenya. Two more people are arriving soon - we hope to catch Simos and Tomas (Simos is localisation and security guru, and Tomas is basically one man wireless and alternative access orchestra)

Since I started with the nature reflections, other thing i really like here is bird called locally Carole - I am not sure but i think it is called in Latin Leptoptilos Crumeniferus, I use its Latin name in purpose as it is fairly big , very handsome in my opinion, 1.5 m tall, with black and white feather pattern, reminiscent of an undertaker's suit. Very common in rural environment, especially downtown Kampala. In fact it is macabre carrion eating stork. :-) I just love it, you can see hundreds of them on every tree and roof, and it is really amazing when flying, the way it keeps its neck makes it look like prehistorical pterodactyl that's why i like its latin name). I could spend hours watching it, besides I am pretty normal.

If you are into birds you can see much more of them here inn Uganda, some examples can be found here http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/Massie/Uganda2004.html and also just so you know Joris Koman from schoolnet Namibia who is coming here too - he is not only FOSS/Wireless schoolnet guru but he actually is an amazing ornithologist who can tell you alot about birds in Africa! Ok need to move and something else.