30 Months Later

As of today, December 4th, 2014, here are some numbers that make up my time spent as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Uganda.

Number of days spent in Uganda: 926

Number of days left in Uganda: 8

Total number of days spent in Uganda by the time I depart: 934

Number of hours it took to travel from New York to Entebbe: 24 hours, 25 minutes

Number of hours it’ll take to travel back home to California from Cape Town: 28 hours, 40 minutes

Number of miles from Entebbe to San Francisco: 9,374.88 miles

Number of nautical miles from Entebbe to San Francisco:  8,145.78 miles

Time difference between California and Uganda: 10 hours; 11 when the States fall back

Latitude and Longitude of Kitgum: 0.3533° N, 32.7553° E

Number of malaria prophylaxis pills taken: 558

Number of times I had to test myself for malaria: 1

Number of times I’ve crossed the Equator: 38

Number of sites I’ve had: 4

Number of regions I’ve lived in: 3

Number of camps I’ve been involved in: 10

Approximate number of packages received: 20

Number of people in my CHED training class, May 2012: 45

Number of people in my CHED training class, March 2014 at COS Conference: 36

Number of pedicures received in country: 7

Approximate number of liters of water drank daily: 4

Number of minutes to walk to my closet PCV in Kitgum: 45

Approximate amount of music acquired: 30GB

Approximate amount of entertainment acquired: 660GB

Average cost of a hotel room that your average Peace Corps Volunteer stays in: $8

Number of jerrycans waiting to be filled at the borehole during dry season: 33

Number of languages spoken in Uganda: 54

Number of local languages I’ve learned enough to carry on a brief conversation: 2

Number of ways I can say “Thank You” in Uganda: 5

Cost of local lunch: $1.40

Number of Olympic medals won by Uganda: 2

Number of journals filled during service: 2

Number of books read: 59

Number of blog entries posted: 224

Average monthly Peace Corps salary: $275

Uganda’s place in the world for highest birth rate: 3^rd

Uganda’s rank in the world for highest number of youth: 2

Number of times the SF Giants have won the World Series since I have arrived in the UG: 2

Number of hours to reach the country’s capital, Kampala, from my site in Kitgum: 12

Length of time to reach the Peace Corps office, a mere 8.8 kilometers away in Kololo, Kampala from my site in Kansanga, Kampala using a public taxi: 1.5 hours

One-way cost of transport to make the 273-mile journey to Kampala from Kitgum: $12

Number of lizards I’ve lived with at any given time: 4

Number of rodents I’ve lived with: 3

Number of dead cockroaches found in my house: 11

Number of geckos that have fallen on me: 3

Number of MacBook Pro chargers I’ve gone through: 2

Cost of a soda in a glass bottle: $0.40

Cost of soda in a plastic bottle: $0.80

Number of local names I’ve been given: 2

Number of grants written and approved: 3

Number of passengers legally allowed in a matatu: 14

Number of passengers I’ve shared a matatu with, excluding babies and small children: 29

Number of hours left in my service: 8

Number of days left in my service: 0