Went into town after work last night to buy a paper and look for the market.  The market was off one of the main streets and consisted of lots of small wooden stalls tightly packed together. There are narrow alleys that run between the stalls - the alleys are about 1 - 1.5 persons width wide so it is quite a bit darker than on the main street. The stalls are built on bare ground so the alleyways are partly washed away/bit craggy/with puddles etc.  It's a bit like a maze.  I didn't see it all and apparently the veg stalls I was looking for are quite close to the top of the road - the other end from where I was.  I did find the fish alleys unfortunately - had to hold my breath and walk v quick.  I'm not a fan of fish, including fish with flies.  Mostly it was piles of very small fish - probably dried - I didn't stop to ask!  A couple of people in work expressed surprise that I went there by myself - bt I didn't have any bags and walked quite fast so I was fine.  In fact it was in the street outside that I was greeted by calls of 'hey muzungu!' (white person) and got asked lots of questions.

Woke up to lots of birds in the garden, about knee high with v long beaks,it had been raining so I think that they were snuffling for insects. Someone walked past and scared them off, what a racket!!

Had a v interesting start to the day, I was shown around the lab by uncle Z.  He is retiring at the end of this year, has worked in his field a long time and is extremely knowledgable. It was also interesting because he has memories of the colonial influence pre-Amin.  All his school teachers were British and one was 'Mr Jones' from Wales.  He had taught his pupils a few words of Welsh; we had an interesting discussion about the Welsh language and I taught him a few words.  The lab is used to run all sorts of blood and body sample tests - it was like chemistry in school (my fave subject).  I also saw the bacterial cultures that were growing and the tests where antibiotics are applied to the cultures to see which are effective so the doctor knows which to prescribe. 

Pictures of the London riots over the front pages of one of the papers today, with the headline 'London's burning'...people are questionning me as to why the riots are happening

First day without beans for lunch, what a good combination rice and coleslaw is - with 'Irish' potatoes.

Today there was the first death since I've been here.  A baby with spina bifida died this morning.  The mother was waiting quietly in the spritual centre, next to where I work, for her family to come and collect her and the baby. V sad.