Blogs from Central Region, Uganda, Africa - page 8

Spent all day with Adrift, the original Nile rafting company, whitewater running the Victoria Nile starting from near its source in Jinja at Lake Victoria downstream (Northwards) roughly 45 km. It was loads of fun and got to meet some pretty interesting people. But, it was exhausting and took all day. I left the hotel at 07:30 and got back at 20:30. The company was very professional, and delivered on everything they promised. From excellent guides, to breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus a very safe but adventure packed day. The bus came pretty well at the promised time for the 7:30 AM pickup. They had an ipad app for registration. Everyone registered while riding in the bus. No paper work! No messy hand writing to decipher. Don't know why I filled in marketing/anti-privacy fields such as ... read more

N.. is off on his Central African journey to meet up with E.. and W.. in Lusaka in 3 weeks time. Left our Doha villa at 00:40 to catch a 03:45 Emirates pond hopper to Dubai to catch the morning Dubai-Kampala flight. At that time the ride to the airport took only 20 minutes. At the airport, the guy in the lineup in front of me was our villa neighbour with his infant daughter. His wife had left for London already and he was travelling to Vancouver via the Dubai-Seattle Emirates direct connection with his daughter in a car seat. She slept the whole time while we were waiting, and only got up when the car seat had to be put in the cargo hold. Ofcourse flying to Seattle is a lot cheaper than flying to ... read more

I ended up spending almost a week in Kampala, when I had only planned a couple of days. At first, I had to spend a couple of days running around the cities to get some of my possessions fixed or replaced, as well as make a few purchases to send some stuff back home. None of this was easy. Making your way around Kampala is pretty exhausting. You look at a map and the streets look like they have been arranged in the same way as a plate of spaghetti would be. Down around Luwum St. is your trademark African city street scene. The people seem to multipy each street you pass, as well as the street vendors. The Owino market is close by and is a maze of stalls selling all sorts. It took me ... read more

So we are now in last few days of our time in Kampala and we celebrated with the hope for life Katanga team with a meal in a local restaurant called Sams. It was a meal to mark a good 3 months of friendship and teamwork. Before I talk any more about our evening I will give you an insight into our time in Uganda regarding food. For those who have read previous blogs, you will understand that food is a big part of my life. We came to Uganda for 2 weeks with a group including doctors, Reverends and married people, all things that Ugandans love. Because of this we were treated to full buffets of food almost every lunch and dinner. They heavily indulged our plates with food, specifically a steamed banana called matooke. ... read more

We now only have a week left in Uganda before flying for South Africa. We have a trip to Entebbe Zoo, a few meetings, and a final meal with the ‘hope for life’ team, see all the kids and say goodbye, a potential marathon, Freedom church and we need to make sure we take time to take in everything we have experienced here in Uganda. Our past few days have been pretty interesting; our time came to an end renting of the place we have called home for the past 2 months. We have had some pretty cool memories of this place but it was time to leave. We left early Tuesday morning at 6am, with all our stuff, and went off to Jinja for 3 and a half days. We still have lots of work ... read more