Today we arrived in Kotido after 6+ hours on an extremely bumpy road and one river fording.
Exhausted and sore! There is no running water in the house we are staying at so we have been flushing with a Jerry can and taking wet wipe showers. Today we walked around Kotido and stuck out like sore thumbs. I was a little nervous at first but out guides Innocent and Dennis were so amazing and made us feel very comfortable. There is so much poverty it is hard to see but the people seem to have good spirits. We were told just 10 years ago that 95% of the population had guns, including the children. So much violence! But it seems much more peaceful now. We got to see an amazing ceremony with 7 of the clans if the Karamoja tribe. They danced with feathers and sticks and butchered 7 cows right there in the middle of it all. They invited us back to eat with them in the evening. I was happy we didn't go back though so I didn't have to eat the meat :/ The children here are so beautiful...so full of life and they love to see pictures of themselves.
We came back to the house and napped then were off to the sliding rock. The rock has been worn smooth by all the sliding. So fun! Carrie, Anna and I all slid down together. Later, The children there acted out a play for us. :) tomorrow we go to see the Sand Dam in one of the villages.
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