Our Humble Home

And yes, I do mean humble!
It's pretty basic but here's everything we need.

The best thing about our house is that it's outside of Kampala in green surroundings where it's a bit more quiet and a lot less dusty.

Our front porch is the perfect place for a cup of coffee.


And there's always a lot of kids playing around.
When ever we come or go we're greeted by the standard 'Hi mzungu!' and 'Bye mzungu'. Mzungu means white.

Our bedroom.

The shower...
Sometimes there's running water, sometimes there isn't. But it is actually possible to shower in a cup.
(After thorough consideration I decided to leave out the picture of our toilet... You don't really need to see that. But I will tell you this much - it's just a whole in the ground.)

The kitchen...
Sometimes there's power, sometimes there isn't. Sidsel and Majken are actually cooking by candle light in this picture, you just can't see it because of the flash.

Dinner in the candle light. Very Romantic.

Laundry time. Clothes get amazingly dirty here because of all the dust. No matter how hard you try, thing's never really get clean... I don't even think I remember what the color white looks like.

Breakfast and drying laundry. It all adds to the cozy ambience.

Now you might have gotten the impression that we don't enjoy any luxuries at all, but if that's the case you're mistaken. We have our own pedicurist, Daniel, who comes to the house.

It's like a mobile beauty salon with everything you need for the perfect pedicure. So for only 1.000 shilling (about 65 cents) you can have your nails brushed with a toothbrush and painted in any color you like.

And we even have pets. The ghekkos are my favourite, but we also have all sorts of insects, that I don't really care to share.

My favourite morning spot.
On the weekends I tend to wake up before everyone else and this spot behind the house is perfect for reading or watching the sun come up while listening to the sounds of a new day beginning.