tenth year of teaching

Chapter 99 Uganda
Dabei helped us book the flight with Emirates Airlines, and the double-decker aircraft was very comfortable. There is no direct flight from BJ to Uganda. First it took 8 hours to get to Dubai, and then 8 hours to Kampala. In addition to the 5 hours of transfer and waiting time, it took almost 24 hours to arrive in this small country in eastern Africa. A small country of 24 square kilometers.

When the plane landed at Entebbe Airport, it happened to be noon at that time. I met a Chinese on the road and insisted on leaving her contact information. I was afraid that she would have an accident in a strange country and would not be able to contact her.Before parting, Chu Xia thanked him gratefully.There was also a black man who couldn't understand Peking. He didn't realize it until he got off the plane in early summer. Foreigners only know about BJ, and they just follow the Chinese pronunciation.

Dabei borrowed the company's car to pick her up. After not seeing her for a year, she became thinner and darker.The two had been in contact on QQ for a year. When they met again, they no longer felt strange, but had a very tacit understanding of chatting.

"How's it going? Are you tired of flying here?"

"It's indeed far enough. As you said, flying is too uncomfortable." Chu Xia looked at his long legs and joked: "For you, it might be even more frustrating."

Dabei looked at her, suddenly realized, and laughed.

The Ford Raptor he drives is very suitable for his height of nearly 1.9 meters.Chu Xia sat on the large seat and stretched out comfortably.

"Is this car expensive?"

"It's very cheap to buy a car here, especially a second-hand car, which can cost tens of thousands of yuan."

"Wow, so good?"

"In a capitalist society, we actually accept a lot of 'junk' from developed countries in Europe and the United States, such as obsolete cars, etc." Dabei introduced the situation here to Chu Xia little by little.

The road is very simple, drive on the right and drive on the left. British customs. After nearly a hundred years of British colonial rule, most of the British customs here are still continued, such as religion, culture, education, etc.Nearly 50% of the Catholic faith, there will occasionally be a church with white spires flashing by the roadside.

After driving for a while, there were fewer and fewer houses on the roadside.The road is a simple asphalt road with a faint dotted line in the middle.The red earth, with thick weeds stretching beyond sight.A strange-shaped tree accidentally appeared in the wilderness, entwined with unknown vines, hanging down to form a beautiful scenery.Occasionally, you will encounter a cactus forest. The large cactus nearly two or three meters high stands tall, which is very interesting.

Chu Xia watched it with great interest. Suddenly she pointed to a red earthen bag as tall as a person on the roadside and asked, "What is that?"

Dabei glanced at it: "What do you think?"

"I saw a lot of them along the way. I don't know. It's quite strange."

Dabei stopped the car and took her closer to take a closer look. The red soil bag leaning against the tree was higher than at first sight, and ants crawled out from time to time. "This is an ant nest."

"So big?"

"The climate here is good, so the animals grow bigger. The snails are as big as hands, and the geckos look like chameleons." Dabei said with a smile, "When I first came here, I was also surprised that they would eat snails." ."

"So fun?"

"There is also a kind of bird here that is half a man tall. It often eats garbage, so it is called the garbage bird. Look at the tree over there. If there is that kind of bird, it means that you are not far from the residential area." Dabei pointed out. Watch in early summer.

Everything was very novel in the eyes of early summer. Although the Maoqiu I visited last year belongs to Africa, there are many Europeans, Americans and Indians, and it is close to the sea. Apart from some songs and dances in the hotel, I basically cannot feel the original beauty of the African continent.

This time we really went deep into the continent to experience Africa. When we entered the residential area, the number of people on the roadside gradually increased.There are low and simple houses, it is difficult to see high-rise buildings, and many locals come and go on motorcycles on the roadside.During the erection of a tall billboard, it read: 'NILE GOLD JAZZ SAFARI'.

Dabei continued: "The biggest difference between black people and Chinese people is that they want to enjoy themselves in time, eat, drink and have fun when they are paid at the end of the month, and continue to work to make money when they have no money. They have almost no habit of saving money, and they never add one minute The black people employed in our business office are extremely inefficient. They can queue up a team of more than a dozen people for an entire afternoon and still not be able to finish the work."

Chu Xia said: "Then those waiting in line must not suffocate to death?"

Dabei smiled and said, "No, they can just stand there and chat all afternoon."

Passing by a lively small village, the [-]-car that had disappeared in China appeared on the roadside. A black man bought a bundle of sugar cane and tied it to the back seat.

"Is this what they eat?"

"They usually eat a staple food called 'Matoki', which is banana rice. It's not sweet and is like batter, with juice on top as the staple food. The rich people eat beef curry, chicken nuggets and the like, and those who don't have money just keep it simple. Just a moment."

Just as he was talking, a woman passed by on the roadside carrying a plate of bananas on her head. There were dozens of bananas in the plate. "Wow, can you bear such a heavy weight?" Chu Xia was very surprised.

Before Dabei could say anything, Chu Xia pointed again and said, "Aren't the police uniforms different?" Two police officers were standing on the roadside, one in white and the other in camouflage. The one in camouflage was holding a rifle.

A small church with a blue roof and red bricks and a cross painted on it is built next to the village. There is a simple small market with a roof. Tricycles filled with sugar cane are galloping on the red soil. There are also people in the market wearing orange skirts and combing their hair in pigtails. The little girl and the street 'artist' wearing unknown clothes are all so novel, revealing the most primitive society and nature on the African continent.

Dabei Company rents a villa area on the mountain. After entering one of the gates, there are four villas in the courtyard. Except for the one they rent, the one opposite is rented by Indians.

As soon as Chu Xia got out of the car, a wolf dog jumped over and startled her.Dabei quickly pulled her away and shouted: "Coke, go away."

Coke blinked and lay on the ground. Chu Xia was very curious: "Is it called Coke?"

"Well, my colleague keeps it for fun. It's very well-behaved and doesn't bark. Once it's familiar, you can touch it and it'll be fine." Dabei got out of the car with his luggage.

The yard is very big, and there is a large open space behind the villa that Dabei and the others rent. There is a tree full of pink velvet flowers. The velvet flowers cover the green lawn, which is very beautiful.

The gate was guarded by a security guard wearing camouflage uniforms and armed with a gun, and it was closed as soon as they entered.

"Is that gun real?"

"Of course, the law and order here is not as good as in China, and you can't go out easily at night." Dabei said.

Dabei helped her settle in a small room on the second floor with a view of the velvet tree. The bed was hung with a mosquito net, which was very considerate. "There are a lot of mosquitoes here, so be careful."

"Okay", Chu Xia smiled.

"Let's rest first. I have to rush back to the company and I have some things to deal with in the afternoon. Mela will bring you lunch. Have a good rest in the afternoon. You can walk in the yard. Don't go out. I will take you out to play when I have time."

"Okay", I was really tired in early summer, so I ate lunch and slept until the sun set.

(End of this chapter)