Blogs from Entebbe, Central Region, Uganda, Africa
November 17th 2011
We have done a few flights but we still had time to explore more of Entebbe. I went sailing with Alec on Vic Lake and we saw a Spotted Neck Otter passing by us in the water. On the doc locals brought their goats to take them to an island where they farm. Another day Jaco and I went exploring and we found a kind of a harbor. Later we went to Aero Beach where we descovered one of the Boeing 707's that was used in the Raid on Entebbe - to rescue the Air France passengers that was hijacked by terrorists in 1976 and was given permission to land at Entebbe by Idi Amin. From the road leading to Aero Beach I managed to get a photo of the UN aircrafts and ours too...indicated by ... read more
March 17th 2011
Today I left Uganda to fly to South Africa. Yesterday, i traveled from Red Chili to Entebbe Backpackers! which was ok, very small, but still very cheap! after ordering my food, I waited 2 hours for it.....the Kitchen was tiny, with just a double ring cooker, to cook food for all 15 residents...! The next day i had to be up at 4 30, to make it to the airport to check in at 5, it was a 5 minute drive to the airport! after checking in, waited for the flight! having had very little sleep the previous night i tried to spend as much of the wait, and the flight, asleep! Once the plan landed, i went through customs, collected my bag, and tried to find my way to the train station, where i was ... read more
February 20th 2011
I saw the chimps today on Ngamba Island and it was awesome!!! The tour company found three more people so it cost 25% of what I expected. We took a speed boat to the island - a very nice 50 minute trip on Lake Victoria. The island had lots and lots of birds - ibises, egrets, lapwings, and beautiful orange weavers. There were also many monitor lizards wandering around. We had tea and then a 30 minute talk on chimps. By the end, we could hear them yelling for their lunch! They are free in the forest, but come to the compound four times a day to be fed. There were soooo many of them (over 40)! At lunch they get avacados and vegetables. The keeprs thrown the food over the fence and then chaos ensures. ... read more
February 18th 2011
I am off to Uganda in the morning! My laptop is going home to the US this evening so I'm not sure when I'll post my next update. Perhaps from the Red Chilli Hideaway in Kampala... I am booked for the Ngamba Chimp Sanctuary on Sunday, 20 Feb 2011!!! Very much looking forward to a two hour boat ride on Lake Victoria followed by a day with 40+ chimps! Photos galore are sure to follow!... read more
July 11th 2010
Half through term 2! Time is going so fast. I’m trying to make the absolute most of my time here as it seems to be coming to a close. Many of you have been asking when am I coming home? How long will I be here...I don’t know. That seems to be the answer that is the least satisfying, I know. I will be making some decisions this week about my future. What do I want to be when I grow up! Well, this past month has been quite a busy month of travelling around for me. I went to Rwanda the first weekend of June. I went to do some school visits of the former Rwandese Choir children that are attending secondary school there. We went to two different schools and I was able to ... read more
June 26th 2010
I'll start with a brief about my Friday. I woke up early expecting to have a session in the morning. If I had one then I would need to leave my place around 9am. I decided to wake up at 8am and send some texts. I didn't get any replies so around 8:45 I decided to take a shower. Since I still heard nothing I figured I would just wait. Finally around 9:15 I got a reply from May (the leader) saying that she wants to have a meeting at MUBS about the swITch project. Since I was already awake I just got some breakfast and then headed to the university. I spent some time on the internet and around noon Roy showed up. We then sat there waiting for May. It's wasn't until about 1:45pm ... read more
And then I stayed in a five-star hotel
Published: June 22nd 2010Africa » Uganda » Central Region » Entebbe
June 22nd 2010
This week has been wonderful, but crazily busy. The World Cup, of course, is in full swing, and so that is exciting. Every time an African team plays you can hear the sound of the vuvuzelas from TVs and radios. Sometimes, people are spilling out of tiny shops that have tvs and I can't imagine that all of them can see well enough to tell what is going on. I went to see the first match, which was between South Africa and Mexico, at a bar. There was a funny Ethiopian who sat next to me, and as he got drunker and drunker he got more and more excited until he was jumping up and down by himself when South Africa shot wide. He realized after about 20 seconds of celebration that the goal hadn't counted ... read more
June 12th 2010
Hello Every One Day 6 Went down for breakfast- bread and marge again- getting rather bored of it now! It was a public holiday - so went to town to write my blog- wrote it alllll up J- blooming computers went down and had no internet. I have walked back from school a few times but never walked to school and thought I might be going the wrong way as mo said owwh have you seen this that and the other on your way home and I hadn’t- soo I asked two of the girls who work at the hotel to tell me the way- well they tried carting me off on a motorbike! 1. I didn’t know the driver from adam and 2. the driving in Uganda is WILD! I was like NOOO way!! Day ... read more
