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My first impression of Kampala?

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January 17th 2011
I felt like I was once again in India, in Bangalore …. All those IT shops, thousands of vehicles, thousands of people pushing you to buy everything you don’t really need and noise, noise, noise. We were trying to rest, do some sightseeing and we end up…. sipping local beer in an Irish bar. And even though there was a lack of tap beer and European people, we managed to feel a little bit at ho ... 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