Ripped off at the Coline Hotel

For those of you that know Uganda, we just got officially ripped off at the Coline Hotel. Ok, I guess that isn't fair. They didn't raise the prices just because we were there. We payed the same that everyone does. However, we spent 162,000 Ugandan Shillings. Yes, you should be in shock. That is the equivalent of $70 US for fried chicken, french fries, tilapia and juice. Based on what we learned in church this morning, we could have spent that money and payed for half a pillar to aid in the construction of a new building for True Vine church! We have eaten at the Coline many times on past trips. This year, they raised their prices. BY ALOT. I believe we have decided to boycott this hotel and only eat food from local markets and restaurants, which means we will be making a heck of a lot of veggie stir fry.

We are really having some stomach issues now...and it isn't from eating bad food, if you know what I mean. I haven't come anywhere near spending that much money on a meal in the last year in America, much less an impoverished nation where almost everything is cheap. It makes me sick. Rice and veggies for us tonight!

From Uganda with a lighter wallet,

Ali