http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Uganda , Central Region en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:09:05 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:09:05 +0000 The streets in Kampala Uganda are never empty. Check out the video below to hear Danielle's thoughts on the city and it's constant activity and meet a young man named Brian we talked to who is eager for you all to come out and see all the commotion for yourselvesCrossposted from www.BorderJumpers.org. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-462306.html Ready for a math nightmare every US Dollar is 1800 Ugandan Shillings Here's a test for you if something costs 51450 shillings what is that in US dollars No cheating with a calculator...Aside from mental mathematics Uganda is much more affordable than the other countries in East Africa. With the exception of taxis petrol is a fortune for drivers everything here is a bit less expen http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-462080.html About 20 men sat on chairs at the HIVAIDS Resource Center in Katuna Uganda intently watching a match between Manchester United and Chelsea on a small television. Along with the pool table board games and additional television downstairs soccer games provide a much needed distraction for the longdistance truckers who have to wait for their vehicles to be cleared by customs before entering Rw http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-461211.html Before we left on our trip many of our friends in family asked how are you going to be vegetarian in Africa there's nothing for you to eat there. Well they couldn't have been more wrong. We found Uganda to be very vegetarian friendly as was Ethiopia Kenya and Tanzania especially in Kampala where many restaurants now have vegetarian sections to their menu with wide variety that extends http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-460833.html One thing you immediately notice upon meeting Edward Mukiibi and Roger Serunjogi is their passion for kids and agriculture. Their eyes both lit up whenever they talked about the students who are part of DISC Developing Innovations in School Cultivation a project they founded after graduating from Makere University in Kampala. When we met Edward he had just gotten back from the World Food Summit http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-460628.html This is the second in a threepart series of blogs about my visit with DISC project schools in Mukono District Uganda.Mary Naku is a 19 yearold student at the Sirapollo Kaggwass Secondary School and is learning farming skills from DISC. In just the one year that her school has worked with the project Mary has already gained enthusiasm for farming along with a new sense of leadership and agricu http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Mukono/blog-460387.html This is the first in threepart series of blogs about my visit with DISC project schools in Mukono District Uganda. Cross posted from Nourishing the Planet.In Mukono District about an hour outside of Kampala Uganda agriculture used to be considered a ldquopunishmentrdquo for young people at school if they didnrsquot behave and something they would be forced to do if they couldnrsquot g http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-459339.html Yesterday someone pointed out to me that Irsquom sounding like Im having an increasingly bad time. In fact nothing could be further from the truth I am still having a fantastic time here. I guess its human nature to complain loudly when things go wrong but just accept the good stuff as your due.In any case itrsquos time to get back to reporting some of the fun stuff. First and most import http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-458991.html They say we never cease to learn well today I learned that if it looks nothing like any sunburn you ever had doesn't feel like any sunburn you ever had and makes you cry in pain every morning then it's probably not sunburn. It might however be a mean infection of the deeper tissue caused by even meaner bacteria which happened to be let in by the mean sunburn. It might be cellulitis. And no http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-454106.html Now you haven't heard from me in a while and for good reason I've been sick. Not homestyle take a few Ibuprofen give me a chance to secretly catch up on Grey's Anatomy sick. No no. Ugandastyle sick. Does this country never do anything halfway Apparently not since I spent the last 2 days alternatively sweating and shivering in my bed from what From malaria Dengue The swine flu NO fro http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-452660.html Actually it should be the week with all the party meaning last week.Now I know I'm not the biggest party animal in the world there are people going out a lot more and longer than I do especially with a little help from their chemical friends. But I think Ugandans could give even them a run for their money. Take my friend Lulu I met her last week just when I was despairing of ever discoverin http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-451112.html Here we are now 2 weeks in. Irsquove started to settle in and got over some of the first time hurdle that await you in this city find a room drive a boda get anywhere within a certain frame of time...My room is in MunyengaBukassa which Irsquove learned since moving there is not considered Kampala anymore. But at least itrsquos close to work and I value my sleep in the morning Itrs http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-449179.html I arrived at the Ugandan border with Rwanda and spotted three other white girls traveling in a group. They turned out to be canadian and as a respite from being the only white person in sight I decided to travel onward with them. In Kisoro we booked a shared taxi to the next slightly larger town Kabale. On the 2 hour ride to Kabale the three girls were irritable impatient angry and frustr http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-449136.html The joy and excitement of being home with family and friends was all too quickly replaced with loneliness and exhaustion as I stepped off the third plane in 24 hours and finally set foot back in Uganda. I was thankful to have had the time at home with family and dear friends and especially to have had time with my father during his recovery from surgery. Even though I was home for over a month http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-447586.html Well the good news is I'm alive and well. The bad that I did get to put a single step out of my hotel room this weekend seeing as I had developed a close personal relationship with the toilet bowl. Of course every rookie newcomer has to go through this and it actually happens every time I go to a hot country but it doesn't make it any more fun. Actually the only fun connected to me this w http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-446397.html So I really apologize to all my readers for failing to update this as often as promised. I have no good reasons just lame excuses. But to be honest Ive been so depressed since this horrible virus wiped out my computer and I lost all my files most importantly my pictures form this year. Yup. I was Einstein enough to NOT back anything up. I get what I deserve what I suppose. But all those mem http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/blog-446026.html So here I am sitting in an office in the heart of 'the Pearl of Africa' hoping to finish my first blogging entry before the next power cut wondering how in the Spaghettimonster's name I ended up a few thousand miles from home at a desk in Kampala Uganda.In the words of a British pop band or several for that matter back to the start. I'm not your average bungeejumping skydiving overall http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-445134.html Not sure if you have heard but there has been riots in Kampala over the last 2 days.Just a quick email to say we are all safe and at Jinga. We have managed to avoid the riots.We have been told it is safe to travel back today to Kampala and will be doing so later today.Sorry about the group email but easiest way to update everyone.Kath Jac and Katexxx http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-435893.html I'm sure this isn't even making a blip in the news in the U.S. but there have been some isolated riots here in Kampala in the last couple of days. The Kabaka king of Buganda was planning a visit to an area of his kingdom known as Kayunga. There is a minority group there called the Banyala who want to secede from the kingdom or actually claim they were never a part of it.The government has g http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-435630.html The title is not an exact reflection of what this post is about but as it develops so will you begin to understand.....let us begin.This weekend was a spontaneous decision to fly to Uganda for the weekend and add some spice to the entree. Myself and three colleagues ducked off work an hour early on Friday to catch the 645 flight to Entebbe Kampala. It was actually a fantastic flight left on tim http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Central-Region/Kampala/blog-434316.html