goin to africa, brb

don't want to jinx it (still haven't purchased ticket, visa pending), but apparently i am going to uganda in about a month

:-)

I want to go with.

oh sweet

jeal

do u want 2 take me

what r u doin there

pretty stoked

how long? i wanna go 2 africa

friend of mine at school already had designs on making a film, had some ppl bail on him, learned that i had made a (single, amateurish) documentary, asked if i wanted to come along

so i am! we're gonna make a v short film. the plan is to meet up with dr. 4shis br4hma (very googleable) and document life in a sudanese refugee camp that has one doc for 27k ppl

there may be some, uh, side trips, but i'm gonna keep mum on those for the minute, as they may be....foolhardy

hey E that job I interviewed for yesterday - one of the projs I'd be overseeing is in Uganda!

wow awesome

Are you going to bless the rains down in Africa? You should take some time to do the things you never had.

(ie - waiting for some intel from a friend of mine who co-produced a short frontline piece on a neighboring country commonly referred to by its initials)

xp jenny did u know that i used to sing that song in a bluegrass band :-/

erica that is dope!

ha i was gonna make a Toto joke

Ha! Maybe I knew, but forgot? I love that song. Also, this is very cool. Also 1 doc for 27k ppl is hard to even comprehend.

i know, right?? no idea how he manages. apparently he went there w/MSF and a bunch of other docs bailed or something...still not totally sure

jenny did u know that i used to sing that song in a bluegrass band :-/

The real question, GBX, is whether or not you were able to fit Kilimanjaro and Serengeti in the same line as deftly as the lead singer of Toto?

:-/

frankly if u cant fit kilimanjaro and serengeti in those lines u dont deserve to go to africa

You should probably brush up on that in case they make you sing it upon entry to the continent. They very well may.

oh man, now im nervous

takin orders for AKs, btw, lemme kno if u want 1

I heard Africa on the radio this morning, and I swear I'd never heard the serengeti/kilimanjaro line before (I've never paid it that much attention, tbh). And now it's a thing on this thread!

Really?! The serengeti/kilimanjaro line is one of the best ever!

http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/a/a8/AIDS_is_over.jpg

I have done some preliminary research for you and found that while in Uganda you might see some of the following:

http://www.ugandatravelguide.com/images/kidepo-wildlife-safari.jpg
http://www.gorillatrackinguganda.com/images/wildlife_1.jpg
http://www.usaid.gov/press/frontlines/fl_apr05/images/hippocropped.jpg

and perhaps most importantly:

http://www.tavarestours.co.ke/images/lion2.jpg

If you see a hippo and it's looking at you like that MFer, I suggest you run.

no i will ride him, charging thru the surf

pics pls

good luck gbx! sounds amazing!

so i am! we're gonna make a v short film. the plan is to meet up with dr. 4shis br4hma (very googleable) and document life in a sudanese refugee camp that has one doc for 27k ppl

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for a second i thought you meant one documentary for 27k ppl

so did i

i was like is that some way of saying a lot of people have made documentaries about this place?

anyway... that is cool that you are doing this. i hope we can see some of your footage. my friend made a documentary about musicians who live in sierra leone refugee camps, you should maybe check it out

friend of mine at school already had designs on making a film, had some ppl bail on him, learned that i had made a (single, amateurish) documentary, asked if i wanted to come along

so i am! we're gonna make a v short film. the plan is to meet up with dr. 4shis br4hma (very googleable) and document life in a sudanese refugee camp that has one doc for 27k ppl

so deeply rad dude ^_^

that's fantastic, what an opportunity. good luc with all the visa and visit scheduling stuff.

friend just goin thru security, last call before he leaves oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

is your friend in country ok? when do you leave?

haven't heard from him yet, but i'm sure he's doing fine.

i just booked my ticket a few days ago, and i'm leaving july 19th, arriving july 20th. still gotta get my uganda visa, but that should only be a couple days, and nate i think was planning on getting his when he landed.

still gotta pick up the camera equipment, get my yellow fever shots (tues), get some appropriate clothing, and, uh, prepare a shooting script/plan.

goin tomorrow iirc

plans have been vexed by the realization that we're missing a v v important little cable that no one seems to carry. so if some ilxor happens to have a mini (3.5mm) to XLR that's only a couple inches long lying around and can get it to me by sunday morning then dope thx yr a bro

(JJ -- i was wrong about the mini to RCA thing, d'oh)

oh shit, really? is it a video out or something?

between this and M@tt ending up with a maybe not needed recone Eclipse is batting 0% for ilx in the past month.

nah, it's just that the audio tracks will only sync if the input is coming in channels 1&2 (the xlrs).

filmmaker bud here sent me to cin3quipt, so i'm hoping they can come through. gonna swing by radio shack in person, too, as i'm certain that the negs i got from idiot teenagers aren't necessarily reliable

nah, it's just that the audio tracks will only sync if the input is coming in channels 1&2 (the xlrs).

wau that seems kind of...stupid.

so you need 1/8" stereo to dual XLR male. if you get completely pwned finding one, i can cobble something together to loan you, but its going to be sort of overlong and awkward (only thing i can think of offhand would be modding a rca xlr 4 channel snake that i have). let me know tho.

oh no, sorry, i only need it into ONE XLR, that wasn't clear

that "&" should have been "or"

the thing is that the RCAs won't work. the guy at cinequipt knew exactly what i was talking about, as did my buddy who does post for F4llon, so this is a common thing for people working with wireless lavs and video. i'm just a little concerned that the guy at cinequipt is gonna charge me an arm and a leg, because technically they're closed on saturday and i had to call the emergency, on-call hotline. dude call back in like 2 min, tho, i was impressed

so i guess guitar center has something (sorry JJ :( )

I can't believe you're going tomorrow. You must be so excited!

right now i'm a little agitated and not yet packed, due to this vexing cable issue, but yeah: excited!

rocks are safe, everything else is lava

be careful, little goat

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3445/3842449669_cced8f1275_b.jpg

salad days

this is like some hokey painting on the wall of some rural english pub, imo

anyway, go ahead and gambol through the yard, you two, you're just gonna end up on a stick someday, pushed brusquely through the window of an idling speed champion. live it up

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2429/3842450663_7bb40ccec1_b.jpg

(plz note that the goat on the right is in ~mid-air~)

where did i go wrong, i never expected this

i'll pour one out for you, doggy

;_;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3842451371_8e7ae2d963_b.jpg

also worth noting: this cage is just a few feet left of the frame with the two capering goats. they are fated to be eaten someday, but get to spend the meantime playing around. this guy's job was to delight despicable tourists like myself, so he's locked up. this was the only time he really sat still---otherwise he was doing loops around the cage like a motorcycle in one of these things
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2251/1589552341_f93ef37abd.jpg?v=0

also is that a beer can in the foreground? hard times, man

gorillas in the mist

i guess this pic is only interesting at full-size, but anyway. those are the rwenzori mountains in the background, and gorillas live there. and that's not mist, it's haze, but wtfever

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2477/3843241402_67ea09ffc8_b.jpg

i can see my house from here

j/k, that's not my house

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do we have a woman wearing yellow?

check

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3842757671_be0ca11b07_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2642/3843196685_1793d32989_b.jpg

nard

this is nard. he is a dentist and a physician ~at the same time~

he graciously lent me a white coat while we rounded at fort portal hospital, and is, in general, a hilarious and wonderful human being. he also walked directly into a four-foot deep street gutter without seeing it, slapstick comedy style. these were thenceforth known to nathan and elena and i as 'nardholes'

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2525/3845765089_35d84d48c7_o.jpg

also he is james bond

okay but what kind of a name is "nard"???

dirt is good

i am not so sure, myself

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2521/3846473294_9ba9b21962_o.jpg

oh probably short for "bernard" nm

yeah its short for bernard

oh whoops

:|

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3548/3847071340_f342c8b524_o.jpg

hospital
_aboratory

lots of people, waiting

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/3847077504_46aaa5c55f_b.jpg

Γ

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2484/3847083192_d4751783e7_b.jpg

tb ward

this is the tb ward at kitgum hospital

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/3846292157_317eaeafd8_b.jpg

female surgical ward

closed, for some reason

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3489/3847085132_b729cc2322_b.jpg

psychotrauma

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2514/3846299557_66a9972535.jpg

GBX IS THERE A PAYPAL FOR THIS YET? IF "Y", I WILL GIVE $5 AND PUT IT ON FACESPACE AND ETC.

we're working on it! thanks!

awesome photos, looks like a great trip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLe6oBoy5TM

this happened before i got there, but nathan shot it with his little point-n-shoot digi

lol @ little kids

this was the front yard of where we lived, btw

^^^^ love this btw

bump for matt dc

AWESOME. Thanks dude.

Flying out in four days, snow permitting. Where else is good to eat/drink in central Kampala?

(Amazing pictures btw)

thx dude

let's see....other than Tuhende and Flaming Chicken (which will be tricky to find, I'll see if I can dig up the address/location), I didn't eat really anywhere else in Kampala. Aside from stuff i bought on the street (avocados and flatbread, mostly).

But srsly, Tuhende is run by this ex-pat Canadian and it's all meats (safe), all the time. The Flaming Chicken is run by these Iranians, who are friends with my pal 4shis. They are so friendly and welcoming---Tuesdays they serve homemade (like by dude's mom) Iranian food, every other night it's rotisserie chicken (also delicious). Plus you can chill and smoke shisha and drink beers on the patio and watch the late night street action.

are you planning on riding on bodaboda? i took them cross town to Tuhende both times and it was O_O, esp at night

Boda-bodas look frankly terrifying, I might give them a miss. My girlfriend's best friend is Ugandan and has gone back there for a couple of months, hence us staying over. She's teetotal and has a car so hopefully we won't need to worry about taxis too much.

A++. Love the video. Thanks GBX and good luck Matt DC. What is shisha is it what I think it is ie: the sticky green?

I totally want to go to Haiti but husband is OMG no you can't.

nah it's just hookah

really good thread

ty

trying to think how I can brb to africa

also is it ok if I pimp my charitable/fundraising org itt

anything that keeps these pics on site new answers is a-ok w me

ok!
www.justhealthnetwork.org

pls ignore stilted copy/lack of actual website, we're still working out the kinks

also, matt DC: did u make it to Tuhendes or FLAMING CHICKEN

cool! if you need help with the website then hit me up after i drunkenly announce that i've finish phd ~Q3 2010.

so apparently i've got a Possible Hot Opportunity in Rwanda...for like 9 months, between my third and fourth year of school. still have to go thru the application process, etc., but here is where i turn to you ilxors:

how do i shot funding

generally the idea in this situation is that i join this org fully funded. they are not research-oriented, but that's generally the funding their student partners receive. i really want to make this happen, but haven't the slightest idea where to begin

talk to your school they shld be a really good resource. also mb talk to some of your professors at least for me they were a really good resource when i was attempting something similar for next year. well not similar similar but y'know

yeah, i've been trying to call the int'l experiences office all dang day but no one's picking up

kickstarter?

rich parents?

i'll see what i can do

xxp was just going to say Kickstarter. I know you'd probably get a pretty penny from us!

hxxp://ben-pederson.blogspot.com/2011/09/tb-burden-in-east-africa-in-motion_06.html?spref=fb

buddy of mine in kenya doing TB work on a year off from med school. p interesting. not really sure where else to put it tbh