Uganda Chronicles 4 : Conference, Conclusions and Ugandan nights from a Kenyan woman's perspective

So this AIESEC experience in Uganda was to facilitate a conference, another first for me. I have been a delegate at several conferences, I have also been on an organising committee for a conference, being a facilitator is just a whole other experience all together.

I loved it!

I was mega touched by the delegates, by the fact that they looked up to me, and I kept thinking to myself, there really isn't anything special about me. Where I was standing, any of them could have been. Did my best to be an inspiration. Facilitating comes with great responsibility too. Apart from the organising committee, you're the first to wake up and last to sleep because the fate of the conference kinda depends on you.

Conference aside, I partied enough for 5 in Kampala. Oh, the days of our youth. Where all this energy came from, I cannot even begin to comprehend!

The night life is way different from the kenyan one. The man are also way different...so freakin' aggressive! By jove!!!

Can't a girl just jam on the floor on her own?! It is not an invitation for company! Not after warding off the first guy, not after warding off the second guy, not even after warding off the third guy is it an invitation for the fourth guy's company! Ha ha! They have probably never met a girl like me. I have also never met guys like them. I got a lap dance from a guy! And a very serious lap dance it was! And I was so embarrassed the whole time! Mostly for this guy. He was a corporate partner at the conference, and he came out with us on the last day of the conference. Now I had profiled him to be the silent and collected guy, which is why we became fast friends, but then the night came on and he took on a totally different persona!

Honestly this one night out felt like a battle! Fighting off men! By jove...ugandan nights from a Kenyan woman's perspective, that is what I should call this section!

Ha ha!

There were better nights of course, when there was better company.

I love to travel because there's a new story to tell, new people to meet, new ways to look at people you may have known for the longest time but not really known. Gives me something to write about. I was sad to leave, I suck at goodbyes. There's always so much I want and need to say, but in one moment, it never comes out perfect. Memories shall be held on to nonetheless. Those we surely made enough of. Friendships forged, hardships shared, laughter and fun...until we meet again Uganda...and sooner or later, we surely will!