CRASH

So Matt (from my IPMP program at Humber college) and I were returning home after a nice productive day of work. See usually the two of us sandwich on the back of the motorcycle and I get shafted by sitting in the middle every time because matt usually has his big, oversized bag on so he legitimizes his reasoning for sitting in the back. Meanwhile I get a butt in my crotch and a crotch in my butt. Rather unpleasant when zooming over speed bumps. YIKES!! So this time I figured he should have to deal with the man-wich, so he took the middle.. We instructed the driver to go carefully to my place. He seemed a little too careful at first, driving like a snail, cars hastily speeding by, laughing at both how slow we were going, and the fact that two white guys were on a motorcycle, or at least that’s what I assumed. Maybe I had something on my face. Haha

As we approached the hill up to my house, a car pulled out in front of us, cutting us off, causing the boda driver to come to a halt. He than failed to put the bike back in first gear, revved it and sent us all flying backwards, bike whipping into the air. Bam, crunch, my ass hits the pavement, matt lands on me, the guy lands on matt and the bike lands on the guy. It was rather shocking at first, especially with the onlookers laughing at us, no concern to be found. Within a split second I was up and walking hastily up the street to get away from the scene. Looking back I literally didn’t even take a second to make sure everyone was ok. Hopefully I can learn from this reaction and be more aware of the situation and those involved next time.

Just when we thought the crazy day was over, we were on another boda that day driving about 70 km in between traffic on both sides of the road. I had my bag held on the side with my hand on top. BAM!! My hand slams into the back of a car and the boda goes all wobbly. Thank god he regained balance. All in all no one got hurt, and its just one other crazy experience to add to the palette of life in Uganda… Needless to say, I think my days of using bodas is slowly coming to a close and I will take the time to make extra time to take the public taxi buses (kind of like a small econoline van that jams 15-30 people in it. Not sure if it is any safer, but options are limited here). Anyways this wasn’t to create any concern, things are safe here, just wanted to relay the story.

Hope you are all well.

Chat soon,