I quite like the story behind this one.
Anatosi is a great guy who LIDEFO assigned to come and clean the floors etc at the house once a week. After a short while, we became great friends and he'd teach me Lhukonzo (the local language for Kasese) and we'd hang out kicking the football around the compound. He is saving for his college fees and to buy animals to keep at his family's village
One day I asked him about his family, where they live and what it is like. He told me about how they live on a hillside, the whole family under one roof and have to hike to harvest their crops. The hike involves about 4 hours of steep climb, a few hours harvesting the crops and then about 3 hours hiking back.
He told me he thought I'd never manage it. And so it was decided, that yes we would go to his family's village to spend a day hiking and harvesting crops with his family. In the end, a massive day - and he was right about how steep is was. But a fantastic experience, hard work, amazing scenery and such a great family which I had the very fortunate opportunity to meet.
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| Having some yam before heading off on the hike |
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| Anatosi and his sister leading the way |
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| Harvesting the beans! |
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| Anatosi's grandmother, so welcoming without even exchanging a word |
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| Anatosi's family line up for a family portrait |
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