Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Views from the Acholi Ber

Due to some scheduling conflicts, Binford and I were forced to look outside of Lacor for a place to stay while in Gulu. After checking out 4 different hotels, and their various balcony views, we negotiated a great price at the Acholi Ber. Our room is on the top (5th) floor of the hotel, and has pretty amazing views all around. This view is while looking west down market street.

Looking to the East, there is a collection of traditional homes at the dead end of our street.

In Gulu town, old and new live in a dense network of cement, brick, metal, mud, and grass .

While we're not enjoying the wonderful scenery from our hotel balcony, John and I have got two strong leads on stories for our documentary. One involves a woman who was imprisoned for 3 months in a hospital because she was unable pay for a necessary hysterectomy, and the other involves a woman denied access to anti-retroviral therapy while being jailed. The Human Rights Commission is organizing a time for us to meet with the complainants soon.

1 comment:

  1. The truck is such a beautiful picture! I'm so impressed! xoxo

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