Blogs from Kampala, Central Region, Uganda, Africa - page 4

Did someone say gorilla trekking? Well, if I must… We drove to our campsite on the shore of Lake Bunyoni in Uganda, set up our tents and went for a swim in the lake. Next to the platform where you can dive from is a tree with a rickety platform at the top, maybe four metres high. Clemens, the only German on the trip, somehow managed to convince me that climbing and jumping from said platform would be a sensible idea. I put my bravado down to there being girls in swimwear present, or perhaps the general excitement of being in Africa, but it was the one and only time that I jumped from it. Looking back at the platform after my jump, as someone else climbed it, I was witness to the tree shaking like ... read more

hello again :) ok firstly i just wanna say - OH MY GOD INTERNET IS SOOOOO SLOW OUT HERE!!!! it is sad :( so yesterday we got our bags back - yey!!! it was proper Ugandan service, we got to the airport, they told us to 'take a seat for just a minute', and almost two hours later someone came to help us! bloody annoying (especially because when we finally got a pass to go 'backstage' into the luggage area we saw our bags in about 2 minutes flat) and even more especially because my bag had clearly been in some kind of large aeroplane puddle for the last two days and was soaked!!! but all is well now and we smell particularly peachy :) so we decided to leave the luscious, lazy, jungle style town ... read more

Uganda is enorm mooi, het leven voor de lokale bevolking daarentegen is hard。 Kindjes lopen rond in lompen, vrouwen werken in vele dorpjes het hardst, vnl op het land en uiteraard opvoeding van de kinderen. Hierbij dienen de meeste vrouwen ook te werken om geld te verdienen, voor schoolgeld, ... 3% van de vrouwen doet aan geboortebeperking, dit maakt een gemiddelde van 6,4 kinderen per vrouw, vaak zag ik de mannen letterlijk niets doen, of in sommige dorpjes dronken rondlopen, in deze dorpjes liggen de geboorteaantallen ook hoger。 Hebben deze vrouwen stemrecht .. uiteraard niet .. De man geniet hier een hoog aanzien, zo moeten vrouwen in bepaalde stammen steeds knielen als ze hun vader aanspreken, ze moeten hem tevens op zijn wenken bedienen. Deze stammen zijn ook onderhevig aan materialisme, als ze vroeger een geit ... read more

Lake Mburo, Uganda – 27 July We woke at 5.00pm and away by 6.30am for our long drive to Lake Mburo National Park which is located in Kiruhura District in western Uganda. The park is situated about 30 kilometres by road, east of Mbarara, the largest city in the sub-region. This location is approximately 240 kilometres by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The roads in Uganda are something to experience (or not!). Many of the road works we came across are being funded by the European Union. Progress is being made. We travelled through several towns and villages, stopping at Mabarabab to access an ATM. We arrived at Lake Mburo at about 2.30 and did a game drive at 3.30pm after setting up camp and looking around at the bar and mini ... read more

Day 1. Flew in from Heathrow, loada whites actually! Didn't get a wink of sleep so got a transfer from Entebbe straight to the hotel in Kampala where I'm gonna relax today and pickup the gap tour tomorrow. Entebbe = Great, Kampala = Not so great. Speak to you tomorrow. x... read more