Blogs from Central Region, Uganda, Africa - page 45

After an emotional departure from the airport, Amy and I boarded flight 1 to Amsterdam. Flight was solid, no worries. Met Eric, Genora and Linda in Amsterdam and sat back with them for a while getting to know them better. I was feeling real agitated for some reason, not sure why. Raveesh showed up some time later and Candace barely made it due to her flight being stopped because of a medical emergency. Anyways, we all flew down to Nairobi and slept the entire flight. We then jumped aboard our flight to Entebbe and got there fine, just without Candace’s trunks. We were greeted by a host of characters who were very joyous to welcome us. We learned that they were all members of Lahash (the organization we are with: www.lahash.net) in some way. A guy ... read more

So, today is called Drop Off Day. Basically they drop off people in pairs in the middle of Kampala and we each have tasks. Mine was to find out about the different banks and find out where the best rates were. It is to make you realize that you can navigate the city and that it is not so big and unknown after all. And that is definetely true. The people here are so nice. And Kampala is not as big afterall. The worst part is thr traffic though because there are no lights, nothing, basically no rules of the road that I can tell. Yesterday, we learned a bit of L'Uganda which is the language that most people speak here. Hopefully that will help me get around a little bit easier. We ate at a ... read more

Hello from Uganda After a very long, dusty, and bumpy 13 hour bus ride we have arrived in Kampala, Uganda. On route we saw several zebra herds and a troop of baboons complete with mothers carrying infants. We are staying at the home of a wildlife proffesor at Makerere University. On Thursday we are heading to Lake Mburo national park and then to Queen Elizabeth National Park to work with Dr. Ludwig Siefert (who we are staying with) on his research with Lion and Hyena populations. More details on that when we get back. Until then we are exploring Kampala and the University campus here. We will post next after we get back from Queen Elizabeth NP in about 2 weeks. - Andrew... read more

we are now in kampala, uganda which has weather more like we were expecting, i'm sweating even at night, we got in late last night after 13 hours on a bus, teh bus ride was interesting, we went through hell's gate np and say zebra and baboon and it was good to see teh country side of kenya, the roads were what we expected, lots of bumpy but as i see it, it was liek 13 hours in a massaage chair, it used to be at night but i can't imagine, our driver almost killed every bicylist he say and loved to use the horn, the border crossing was interesting, mayham, where u get off the bus and have to walk through, uganda although its close proximity is very diffeent from kenya, we arrived in teh ... read more

It all began with a long exhausting plane ride from the motherland Philippines - the Pearl of the Pacific - punctuated by stopovers in Bangkok and Addis Abbaba. I arrived in Entebbe International Airport in Uganda - the Pearl of Africa - with a vision of a hot warm bath and a king-sized bed with freshly-laundered linen waiting for me. As I left the airport with my local contact, however, the view from Entebbe to Kampala (Uganda’s capital city) did not look too promising and my vision of a cozy retreat after the long trip vanished into the dusty air of Uganda. I saw men pedaling their bikes and women walking with a huge load on their head under the hot African sun as our airport taxi made its way to the capital city. I even ... read more