Day 2/ Day 3

Hey all. Yesterday we went to the Kasubi tombs. We learned about Ugandas history of kings and saw where they lived and where they were buried. We also went to a place where we learned about the Ugandan martyrs which was really cool. Basically when there was the king ruling there were Christians that came to spread their faith and they were burned by the king because people began to disobey him. It is really famous in Uganda and they said over 1 million people travel there every June 3rd in remembrance of it.
Just talking with the students we learn a lot too. I learned that you can pretty much build a house/shack anywhere you want, there really aren't property rights or anything like that, which I guess explains the randomness of everything. Also we saw an ambulance and a student told me that ambulances don't go to accidents they just take people from hospital to hospital. She said that this happened if the other hospital "made a mistake" which is a little scary. Also there are hospitals and health care for rich and the poor. Poor have free health care but don't get very good service, while the rich pay and get better service. She also told me that people don't have medical insurance cards here, only the richest people have them. We are going to a hospital today so I hope to learn more about the health system (this is what I am doing my paper on).
We also went to a market where most Ugandans in Kampala shop. It was a lot different than I thought. It was just like a huge goodwill basically. They had a lot of hand me down clothing and shoes. They had very little traditional clothing. It is crazy that this is what they sell, as all the stuff is either donated, from a an NGO, or just found in the trash. I saw a lot of people digging through piles of trash. If they were ever to be cut off from these supplies from other countries there would be a lot of people out of jobs. It's just a crazy lifestyle.
There are mostly christian and muslim religions here. People are very conservative. Women don't wear shorts, only pants or long skirts. People don't hold hands, kiss, or anything of that sort in public. If women live with their parents they usually have a curfew, which usually is really early. And I got my hair braided! It took 4 hours but they did a really good job and only was 15 dollars. I guess that's about it. My thoughts are a little scattered so sorry if it is hard to follow.