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Now we're cooking

A few more days work and I have a patio and the beginnings of my grill

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The grill is coming along pretty good, it's pretty large and will accomodate quite a bit. I'm thinking it wouldn't be too hard to build a spit...and there are plenty of goats around....mmmmmmm

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Its a little different than I pictured, and what I asked them to build. One theme that seems to run along everything I do here is that I ask for something to be done, agree on a price, then the workers go off and do whatever they want without any regard to what I asked for, usually at twice the price.

I originally imagined the pit as kind of a round fireplace where people can sit all around it. I think this will work welll though as the breeze is pretty steady in one direction, away from the hut.

I'm still thinking that a 4th of July party may be in order to christen then grill, I need to run to Kampala to pick up some guests arriving from the U.S. next week so maybe I can find marshmallows and hamburger & hot dog buns there. I'm still not sure I can get hot dogs here, and I don't think I want to bring them on a 5 hour bus ride back from Kampala, but I think there may be sausages around.

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If you decide that you want hot dogs after all, you can get them at the Embassy Supermarket (the Supermarket across from the American Embassy). It's walk-able from Old Taxi Park, but you can also get on a taxi going to Kansanga or Kabalagala or anything going down Gaba Road.

Thanks! I'll check that out