Bye Bye Africa :(

Soo its weird how I arrived in Uganda crying about how much I missed home, and how I left crying about how much I wasn't ready to leave.

The drive to Entebbe was depressing, although Emma and I were pretty much passed out due to the last nite fiesta that was had by all (ps. Rolex's are soo my new after bar food...burritos will never taste the same)...none the less as we rolled up the airport guest house and all got out of the car, the girls all said bye to Emma (aka. Emmanual) and when it was my turn we hugged for long and the tears just started, and really didnt stop.

I cried on the way to Kenya, spent the first day of my safari pretty much feeling like I had been dumped by one of retarded ex-bf's and cried again some more. From experience of talking to some who have done the kinda stuff I did, feeling what i feel is normal...its just hard to begin to imagine home again knowing that i just came from a place where i found purpose and meaning in my life, where work wasn't to just put money in my pocket but was actually something I enjoyed doing and made a real difference at the end of the day. Leaving made me feel like I had cheated those kids by dangling love and care in front of them and then taking it away.

At the beginning someone told me that the way you feel when you arrive is that "you know what you have come from and what you left , and you have no idea what you will get out of this and what you will have when you return". And whille at the beginning that is exactly how I felt, I am beginning to feel as though that is how I feel all over again.

I know what I left in Uganda, my life, the kids, the friends, my little community and whille I know what amazing people I am coming home to, it cant erase the doubt of not being 100% sure everything will be as it seems when I return, especially from my own perspective...


Thank you for sharing in my UG experience...I hope you have all been inspired to visit the pearl of Africa which now holds a part of my heart that I never knew existed.

For the last time

-Arti aka. the Indian Princess of UG, who was nicknamed the African Dance Queen on my last night....lol, lonnng story ;)