Blogs from Kampala, Central Region, Uganda, Africa - page 37

but all are from Jinja and the source of the Nile, which I've uploaded a selection already. But, here's a picture of the house I'm living in. Isn't it bright and festive?!? I'll have more photos when I get back from Rwanda, I really haven't taken my camera out while in the city. I'll try harder. :) -B... read more

Muli Mutya everyone! Sorry that it has been a while since my last entry. Since I wrote last I moved in with my host family, the Kiggunu's. They live in the Ntinda neighborhood of Kampala, just one of the many hills here! They are so sweet! My father is James, he is a computer scientist, I think he has his own business, not sure though. My mother is Julian, she works for the South African High Commission in their offices. Their oldest is a girl, Maaso, 20, her name means big eyes...it was a nickname given to her by her grandfather. Then there is Trevor, 8, he is so bright and is an excellent artist. Every night when I get back from school he is drawing a picture -many are of fighters and jet powered cars...oh ... read more

Got in late last night to Entebbe (where the airport it). The flights were long -all in all I had three layovers, 20 some hours of flying and a 40min ride in to Kampala...so you can imagine how numb my butt was and stiff my legs were! :) My luggage didn't make it through though...they don't know where it is (I've talked to them this morning and they haven't tracked it down yet). Hopefully it will finds it's way here...otherwise I'll have to become creative with what I've got! Kampala is a beautiful city: very lush and green, deep red soil...very polluted though, your throat burns as you walk down the street. I woke up this morning around 4:30 and finally got out of bed and wondered the city around 7am (all by myself!). I felt ... read more

Faith and I went shopping in Kampala today...we took public transportation - a taxi. While taking a taxi is not something I've done very often at home, it is very much a way of life for the locals. Taxis are like mini vans which hold approximately 20 people - I was grateful that we got to sit in the front. So, after about an 45 minutes of stopping every couple of blocks, we finally made it to Kampala. However, the taxi driver dropped us off further than we actually wanted to go, so we walked back through Kampala in search of "African Village" so I could do some souvenir shopping. We only had a couple of hours to go shopping, so it was frustrating that it took us 30 minutes to make our way back to ... read more

I headed into the city center for the first time on December 27th. I went in to town by Boda Boda with Muireann. She negotatiated a price for us and off we where on this small dirt bike like mode of transportation. For those of you who know me, I am petrified of motorcycles so I held on for dear life. They driver was fairly tame....just weaving in and out of traffic, on the shoulder, on the sidewalk...wrong side of the road, you name it! Once in town we headed to change money...the streets were very crowded with cars, motorcycles, bikes, livestock, people, and taxis. Crossing the streets was scary....you have to have good timing and just run as fast as you can. We headed to Muireann's work place, "Uganda Crafts". I bought many souvenirs here ... read more