Sorry about the silence

It's been six weeks since our last post on the blog. Three reasons:
(1) Ian managed to catch a really nasty cold which laid him low - even had to have a week off work - when he did recover he's been busy catching up
(2) Things are coming to a head with fund-raising in Ian's placement and three key documents have had to be completed by Ian and Dr Geoffrey Mujisha (Ian's boss)- these are (i) a report of a nationwide consultation carried out with organizations working with most at-risk populations (in terms of HIV infection); (ii) a business plan for the MARPs Network; and (iii) a general funding proposal aimed at international donors
Finally (3) Renate and Ian set off on holiday today with first stop at Entebbe to meet their good friends David and Gina Hawkins who are coming to stay for two weeks in Uganda - so we've been rushing to get everything finished in time for holiday jollies.
This post is being written - after a swim and lovely dinner at the wonderful Boma Guest House in Entebbe (check it out - www.boma.co.ug) - we're bringing David and Gina back here tomorrow from their flight from Manchester.
Over the next two weeks we'll be visiting Kibale Forest in Western Uganda and will do chimp tracking and 'swamp walking' - then on to the Queen Elizabeth National Park where we'll have a game drive and a river safari - we'll be rounding the holiday off at a favourite haunt of ours - the source of the Nile at Jinja. We'll try and post piccies during the coming weeks.