Kampala, Uganda Travel Blogs

Hakuna Matata
Nov 1, 2004 (25 photos)

... at various campsites along the way, plagued by the rains and cold weather, taking a few days break in a place called Jinja near Kampala to relax. Although most of the group decided to throw themselves into the source of the Nile and try some white water ...

Kampala, Uganda - This place is bonkers.
Jan 17, 2006 (2 photos)

... and life went back to normal. Later I got some money changed and withdrew some from the bank machine. Very few places outside Kampala change travelers cheques and the places that do have awful rates, so I was forced to change about $1.5K into Ugandan ...

near...'Death on the Nile'.....extreme rafting
Feb 14, 2005 (1 photos)

... over.....hauled into the rescue craft and reunited with our paddles, boat, guide and fellow rafters. Very exhilerating! Back near Kampala, the driver dropped K & G at an ATM as we were without Ugandan shillings - luckily they were successful as R was ...

Kampala and goodbye Uganda
Feb 18, 2006 (15 photos)

... . The last day in Uganda and it was first down to the post office to mail home the dodgy Congolese woodwork and the souvenirs from Kampala. Something else for my sister to have a laugh over. I had a few hours spare before my mammoth 22 hour bus ride to ...

Nairobi to Kampala via Mbale
Jan 13, 2007

... 's family farewell and jumped on another boda-boda which had serendipitously arrived after I was told I would have to walk.   Kampala 12th January 2007 I was dropped at the taxi stand, where I was pounced upon by half a dozen touts.  I ...

Uganda stop-off
Jul 6, 2005 (5 photos)

... Also near Jinja we crossed the White Nile - both Niles in one trip! It was getting dark when we got to Kampala and we spent quite a while snagged in traffic, both on the bus and in the taxi to the backpackers. Red Chilli ...

Goodbye Backpackers and Kampala
Jan 14, 2007 (34 photos)

... Bish is beautiful and always has a smile and laugh for you. She went AWOL for a while to another part of Uganda, but fortunately came back before I had to leave. Jennifer, Lillian, Prossy, Margaret, Bela, John, Moses The backbone and ...

Life on the Humanitarian Front Line
Apr 3, 2007

... this many parts of this continent are incredibly, awesomely poor. A friend of mine recently had an experience in northern Uganda where she does incredible work with youth, former child soldiers and abductees, and conflict management. It is a story that ...

Uganda - the Odyssey continues
Nov 25, 2006

After a couple of days back in Moshi, Michelle and I hit the road for Uganda and a bit of gorilla watching.

A response and addition to the last entry
Jan 29, 2007

Hello again everyone. Well, if anyone ever needs to know anything about Kampala, I'm your man. Once again I am back home in Backpackers. Will DJ ever get out of this city? Stay tuned... (As an aside, I love how my travelpod map has become this ...

Eldoret to Uganda
Jun 27, 2003 (6 photos)

... practically ran up and down. Upon reaching the largest waterfall, the spray soaked us in seconds. Now we are in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, a nice enough city with a good camp site. Unfortunately we are saying goodbye to Scott, who has bought a land ...

A Child's Hand
Nov 26, 2006

... palms towards you.   For Michelle, it started with a child's hand.   We were walking along a street in Kampala when a group of beggar children saw us, and immediately approaches.  Walking along side us, hands outstretched, saying "Sa. Sa ...

The "Nearly Killing My Best Friend" Story
Jan 10, 2007

... James's taxi and took her to a nearby clinic. Flies came in and out of the window, and since that part of Kampala was experiencing one of its frequent power outages and this little clinic obviously could not afford a generator, everything was done by ...

Splish Splash, I Was Having A Bath.
Jul 14, 2006 (1 photos)

... weird as I arrived at my accomodation and found about 10 friends from home already there. Due to the exhorbanate room rates here in Kampala I ended up sharing a double bed with the groom to be, now I think that's taking the best man duties a little too far ...

Wedding Bells Are Chiming
Jul 21, 2006 (11 photos)

... links everyone to Uganda, Lynne (David's sister) and Africanus, with their kid, Natasha. We had a whole day of preparations in Kampala. Nicola had 8 bridesmaids! yep 8! While David just had the one best man, that's me. A load of us met up for lunch, ...

Happy New Year! And a Love Letter to Africa
Dec 31, 2006

... greetings, Happy New Year, and all of those clichés. I am very sorry for the prolonged silence recently. I have been here in Kampala, Uganda for the last month or so. I have been staying at a place called Backpackers, and have become sort of the Norm ...

Still in Kampala.........!
Sep 28, 2005 (3 photos)

... steep and difficult in places! But it will be absolutly amazing being only a few metres from the gorillas! Yesterday we explored Kampala, we visited the market and walked through the city centre, mainly sorting out bits and bobs in the bank and shops ...

Africa............
Sep 25, 2005

... card with our name on it, we met and walked across to the car to take us the 35kms from Entebbe to Ugandas capital city - Kampala. First impressions as we drove from the airport to the hostel was just how much like home it is! We guess that makes sense ...

The Passport Story
Jan 8, 2007 (1 photos)

... Immigration for Uganda, and very strongly expressed his views on the subject. The next phone call was to the Chief of Police for Kampala. I then met with one of the heads of the Anti-Terrorist units for Uganda (?!). Another call went to an editor of the ...

Sleepy Kampala
Dec 9, 2003 (1 photos)

... bag got reclaimed. The driver had kept driving, and I... had kept sleeping. 'Sleepy' seemed to sum up Uganda quite well. We arrived in Kampala in the early morning at a metal depot; all the goods transported from Nairobi were being unloaded and we ...

Uganda's Story
Sep 30, 2009 (7 photos)

... that along the East). After a quick stop at Jinja, we headed to the Kenyan border.  The scenery and people of Uganda were beautiful and different.  That's the brilliant things about these travels – so many of the countries offer unique ...

Kampala, Uganda
Jun 24, 2008 (3 photos)

... distance with our names on it. "Kyle and Sarah for Backpackers Hostel." That was it! We were going to the hostel in Kampala. J I assured Sarah I knew this was the plan all along. ;) We boarded the taxi and headed for Kampala. A nice girl traveled ...

Interesting testing...
Nov 26, 2005 (5 photos)

... my no...and then they make another exxagerated movement to ask why...and then I reply in the same way...ballet in the streets of Kampala. I'm starting to have fun with what used to annoy me! I don't feel bad about it, because more than 90% of the time, we ...

Judy's entry for 8/16
Aug 16, 2007

We've been here almost three weeks now, and I'm still feeling out my role in the school. The AJWS insists that whatever we do should make a lasting contribution to the school; so, for example, I should not just be teaching but developing the curriculum ...

8/26 Update
Aug 26, 2007 (5 photos)

Last Friday I visited the MPK satellite site in Wakiso. Wakiso is about a 45 minute drive from Kampala if there are no accidents. We got caught in a jam because someone was hit by a truck - it looked like everyone in the village came out to view the scene. ...

Day 29
Feb 29, 2008 (1 photos)

... would have cost, but I would do it again every time just for the comfort factor   Backpackers also offer the whole package for a fixed fee, not sure how much though   Goodbye Uganda, you are one of the most stunning places I have ever been to

Ausflug nach Entebbe
Aug 27, 2008

Wieder in Kampala Tagesausflug nach Entebbe in das Uganda Wildlife Education Centre und den Botanischen Garten

An extremely long day
Jun 27, 2006 (2 photos)

I arrived in Kampala today, after 36 or so hours of traveling, including spending an extra three hours on the plane from Heathrow due to an emergency landing in Paris to send one of the passengers to the hospital. (They actually asked over the PA system if ...

Post Murchison Blues
Feb 25, 2009

Coming back to earth after Murchison Falls has been tricky, especially as life at Hospice continues to be frustrating and difficult at times! On Monday morning Jennie and I visited an orphanage: Jennie came to Hospice Africa hoping to do hands-on nursing ...

Nice day for a white wedding
Jun 21, 2009

Yesterday I went to my second wedding since arriving in Uganda. It was a bit of a last minute thing: I was just leaving after my last day at Hospice on Friday, when someone asked, "Are you coming for the wedding tomorrow?" I am sure I must have looked ...