Second Post... by Jamie

We are leaving in 48 hours.  Logistics need to be worked out, but basically everything on track.

Things left to do:

• Pack
• Figure out how to get from airport to hostel (taxi, duh, but what if the taxi driver doesn't know the way.)
• Drop the cats off
• Drop the cat's supplies off (Levitt)
• Get the money from new renters
• Go to BH and get the remaining supplies for the camera
• Find an eyepiece for my camera
• Test workflow

Do I need to start adjusting for the change in time?

What should I do with my Arabian night in Dubai(12 hours)?

First Post... by Jamie

Polly and I are headed to Uganda on July 1st with the organization "Fount of Mercy".  Polly is going to be teaching sewing and I will be doing a combination of teacher training and filming the teacher training.

Here's a short list of what I've done to prepare:

• Purchased the "uTalk Luganda" app and my vocabulary is between 30 - 40 words and phrases.
• Emailed several documentary filmmakers (Bryan Fowler, Rex Miller,Thomas Nybo) on the DocuLink message board.
• Emailed filmmaker Rex Miller, who I shot for last summer, about his three films based in Uganda.
• Purchased a new Canon T2i and accessories.  Learned lots about data workflow.
• Got (ahem) Final Cut Pro
• Read Ugandan blogs/news sites: Daily Monitor, The Observer, The Independent, and the East African just to name a few
• Purchased and read the Bradt travel guide and Shattered Pearl
• Vaccinated for Yellow Fever, Polio, Hepatitis A, and Typhoid.

Seems like a good start to the blog.

-Jamie