When I last wrote I was in Kampala. Since then, I've actually gone back to Sudan and then came back to Kampala Yesterday. Way too much traveling! The last trip to Kampala went well except that I was delayed and had to stay a little longer than expected and I got malaria again. Actually, the delay and the malaria worked together perfectly (one could say divinely) so that I was sick during a time when there wasn't much I could do anyways. After recovering from malaria, I left back for Sudan last Thursday along with our new big lorry a.k.a Big Momma and stayed the night in Ajumani which is just across the Nile from Sudan.
Just a day after getting back a big lorry came carrying our hand pumps. All we need to start drilling is the PVC casing and we're set!
And that brings us to the present. I'm back in Kampala to facilitate the purchase and export of 450 pieces of 5" PVC casing and screen. I've determined that we are able to use the big e3 lorry to export the casing instead of paying $2500 for somebody to do it for us. The only problem is that since the lorry is an open truck and typically exporting is limited to closed (seal-able trucks), the decision on whether or not they will allow us to export is up to the individual URA officer's (Uganda Revenue Authority) mood. This is why today I plan on calling a big URA officer I met last time I was here and taking him out to lunch and "befriending" him. Hopefully this will smooth out the process.
On other good news, the e3 container is finally coming sometime this week along with a bunch of tools and personal items. Yay!
If everything goes right, by the end of this week I should have everything I need to start drilling.
Pray that everything goes smoothly so I can get back to Sudan and put a couple of holes in the ground before Christmas.
I also uploaded some more pictures. I uploaded a few to the old album but also had to start another album because the old one was full. The links are below.
Old Album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2012
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New Album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2013
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