As I sit at my desk at 5:00 am trying to ease back into my own time zone and make use of the fact that I've been awake for 3 hours now, my mind keeps going over the last couple of weeks. I can't concentrate on clearing out the 943 emails waiting for me …
Continue reading Pondering on the Wandering: Uganda and Rwanda
We hit the road, the very windy road, to Kigali on Sunday morning. We drove through any number of small towns perched on the side of the thousand hills of Rwanda. Everyone was out and about, going to or coming from church or market. More kids yelling, "Muzungu! Muzungu!" as we drove by. …
We left Fort Portal and headed to Queen Elizabeth Park. We went from lush tea plantations to hot and dry savannah. The temperature rose to about 37C. We crossed the equator and were awfully close to the Congolese border....like 38 km close. We started with an evening wildlife drive, where we saw Ugandan kobs …
Continue reading We are Going to See the What? The Gorillas ….
Yesterday started fairly early as we had an eight hour ride (translated means 11 hours in Uganda) from Jinja to Fort Portal. Back through Kampala where we were met with construction crew after traffic jam after just plain crazy traffic. It was interesting to see Maribu storks in the middle of the city …
I met up with my group on Saturday morning at the nicest hostel I have ever seen. I mean globally. It sits on the top of a hill on expansive grounds on the outskirts of Kampala. Clean, fresh, gorgeous air and big blue skies. We hopped in the van and were in …
I woke up early today to catch the bus back to Kampala. I hopped on a boda (a motorbike taxi) outside my hotel and headed to the bus terminal in Lira. Bodas are everywhere in Uganda - a reasonably inexpensive mode of public transport. There are; however, a couple of challenges. Firstly, if you …
I sat under this tree this morning enjoying the soft breeze and the beautiful fragrance. I have asked and no one is sure what this tree is called in English. In any event, I highly suggest sitting under one if you can. It's delightful. Together with the two staff interns from the NGO …
Today we are road tripping to Lira! My colleague's neighbour was driving back to Lira today, so we hitched a ride with her, and one of her colleagues. Three muzungus and one Ugandan on the road to Lira. Traffic was brutal in Kampala, a crash here, a jam there. Motorbikes coming at us. …
Mondays in Kampala are certainly the start of the week. What I thought was a busy day in the market yesterday now looks like a lazy Sunday afternoon. This week I am volunteering with an NGO that is setting up a residential facility project in Northern Uganda and moving towards operations. I had a couple …
I woke up to this view. Spectacular. Fragrant. Warm. And sandal worthy weather. Without sandals. After a fantastic shower and a lovely breakfast on the veranda, I set out with my driver, Josay, for a morning of retail adventure in Downtown Kampala. I figure I'd keep a positive outlook and stay confident that my …
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