November 6th 2009  Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kabale
Ok, so I know Ugandans are polite. So much so that I usually feel like a badly dressed potato around them. But the amount of messages I got after arriving me to Kabale, asking if I was alright, seemed ... [full story]

July 31st 2006  Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Lake Bunyonyi
31st July Monday DAY 10 NKURINGO to LAKE BUNYONYI Left Nkuringo around 9am to head back down the winding mountainous bumpy road. We saw the crested crane in some paddocks, the national bird of Uganda ... 34 photos [full story]

July 28th 2006  Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Nkuringo
28th July Friday DAY 7 LAKE BUNYONYI to NKURINGO Up early again but as we were leaving our tents and the truck it was a quick morning to get ready. As soon as the Matatu mini vans arrived the girls j ... 84 photos [full story]

June 3rd 2009  Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Mgahinga National Forest
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is only 14km from Kisoro but the prices I'm quoted for transport there and back suggest it's more like four times that distance. I'm told that the road is "very bad". ... 19 photos [full story]

June 5th 2009  Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kisoro
As instructed by the Horizon bus company man the previous day, I arrive at the bus stop at 7AM in order to catch the service linking Kampala to Kisoro that passes through Kabale. This is also where t ... 21 photos [full story]

May 30th 2009  Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kabale
It's a short journey back to Kabale from Lake Bunyonyi. As I wait for my taxi, I idly glance over a map showing the districts of Uganda and am surprised to find that more than a quarter of them begin ... 5 photos [full story]

July 4th 2009  Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kabale
Day 10; 17.06.09 Ruhengeri; Rwanda - Kabale; Uganda An early departure from Ruhengeri and we were at the Rwandan / Ugandan boarder in about a half hour. We´ve quickly come to realise that if there´ ... [full story]

May 28th 2009  Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Lake Bunyonyi
Yet another Fort Portal power cut on the morning of my departure for Lake Bunyonyi means a hot shower is not forthcoming plus I have to complete my packing in the light from my headtorch. We have bee ... 42 photos [full story]

May 21st 2009  Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Fort Portal
I leave Kampala in a torrential downpour on a bus that, despite having a supposedly fixed departure time, waits around until it is full. The first two hours have competing attractions. A well-dresse ... 16 photos [full story]

June 14th 2009  Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Lake Bunyonyi
Left for Uganda on 6-11. The boarder crossing was amazing. I never seen anything like it. The truck that we are traveling is very large and yellow and screams attention. Every time that we stop we ... [full story]