kampala

The city with no pedestrian crossings..

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April 27th 2010
having left the extremely quiet and well organised terminal 5 at heathrow, where there's never a queue in sight nor are there any flight announcements (until final calls as i found out!) i stepped out 9 hours later into an enormous sauna. The heat is always so overwhelming the first moment you get off the airconditioned plane and i'd completely forgotten how hot it is out here! the plane must ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Central Region » Kampala

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Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,0... ... read more