And, I've Made it to UGANDA!

Hello friends!

And this is currently where I am!

Welcome to Uganda. This is Sheena speaking to you through Jalesh, who I am cleverly using to update my blog since there is no internet connection at Kibale National Park, which is where I am currently residing.

Kibale has the highest biomass of primates IN THE WORLD. This means I see monkeys almost every day.

Hi pookey!

The black and white colobus monkeys look like old men that watch you from the trees....And there are blue lizards all over the place that do cute mating dances that look like pushups.

our dorm

I'm doing really well over all. We stay in a big long building that is divided into a bunch of rooms, each with 4 bunk beds in it and covered with a mosquito net (mine is pink!).









We wake up at about 7:30 every morning and class starts at 8:30 am. I am FOR SURE doing the most intense class out of the three that are offered this session. In the last five days, I have hiked to a papyrus swamp to sample invertebrates and cut transects straight into the jungle to measure different properties of the rain forest in order to determine the side of the "edge" of the forest.

Currently, we are being warned to watch out for elephants that are roaming our area of the park (This is NOT GOOD or REGULAR just fyi) and there is also a green mamba snake that has been seen on the property. Green mambas are one of the most poisonous snakes in the world.

So. Yeah you could say its a little scary but, its not every day that you are warmed to watch out for these kinda things so its A LITTLE exciting and we are all embracing it :)

The last few days have been so PACKED with action. Remind me to tell you about our field assistant's farm and his ten children, and about my "mpako" which is my "pet name" out here I am now called "abwoli"!

So for now, abwoli out!

monkey watching at the field statiom