Country Info
- Kampala
- Capital
- Uganda Shilling (UGX)
- Currency
- 23,985,712
- Population
- UG
- Country Code
Uganda Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Uganda
Onions for Seizures
... are so many other things I've always taken for granted: - access to blood - we ran out this week, as did most of Uganda because they ran out of the testing strip for HIV screening - patient transport - the family takes them, certainly no ambulances. - no ...
Traveling
... branch was in Tororo about 2 hours away. We arrived around 6 pm and went directly to the branch. Even though banking hours in Uganda are from 8:30-3:30, most workers stay until 5 or 6. The building was the nicest I have seen of all branches and the ...
Hanging out in Kampala
... after a few rapids, I gave into the experience. I had an amazing time! We also went to the equator line (which crosses through Uganda, just outside the city) and got to stand on the equator line. We did the water test, where we saw water go in one ...
Bodas
This weekend I went to an introduction. In Uganda, an introduction is the ceremony where a man pays brideprice for the wife and introduces himself to the family. We all had to dress in traditional Ugandan clothes to go and bring a traditional gift. We ...
they think i am crazy
... ; i have successfully eaten more oatmeal and noodles then i want to in four days! i have gorgeous pictures of the wilderness of uganda! it also was great to not hear mzungu for a few days. when we left the orphanage (the future musana) the ...
Time for a grumble!
If you guys aren't in the mood to read a moan, please skip this entry! I know a few of you enjoy it though for the comic value, so this is for you... Vegetarians have a tough life in Africa. A few of you may know how much I hate dal(lentil soup). I ...
Last blog posting!
... do it again, though! Tomorrow Holly and I head for Kampala by bus, hoepfully to meet up with one Evanstonian who works for Uganda Fair Trade Craft, and to see our former Evanston neighbors the Willinson's who work at a church in Kampala. We'll be ...
Demonstrations
Ugh. They are demonstrating in Kampala about gas prices and commodity prices, this is all I know. i know some people have been shot by the military and the opposition leader was arrested but that is it. I was planning on moving this week but now they ...
Naggalabi Buddo Coronation Site
I decided to go out to the Naggalabi Buddo Coronation Site today which is a hill where every kabaka (king) of Buganda has been crowned. I didn't pay much attention to the instructions on how to get there so ended up getting a matatu all the the way into ...
Conference Day 2
Conference Day 2! Today's load was far lighter as we had only to hear previously implemented strategies by Group 1, and create a vision for future partnerships. Group 1 led us in small scale demonstrations of these affective strategies, ranging from ...
Mountain Gorillas - K & E in the Mist
... ) that is about half the total population for these guys (total of 720 left in the world only in Rawanda, Congo, and Uganda). During our brief they did mention that it could get pretty strenuous but that they had found the Gorillas yesterday just 8km from ...
A crazy day
Our first task for today was to attach the pole with the wireless antenna to the roof of the community center. After watching both Mark and Bob try it yesterday, I decided that climbing onto the roof was the right thing to do. What a view! The only ...
leaving
... them with ice cream. it was exciting for them. however i am out of time completely, so i will see you all on wednesday, i want to see everyone, but i never want to leave this place, i love uganda. see you all soon, i love you and miss you all. peace ...
The Saunders Meet the Clintons
... alone during a first tour overseas with the Foreign Service. Former President Bill Clinton came to Uganda as part of his tour of Africa (click here) with the Clinton Foundation (click here). __________________________ ...
Lake Bunyonyi
October 17- Up early to catch a bus south to the town of Kabale, close to the Rwandan border and Lake Bunyonyi, where we plan to spend a couple days. Buses run frequently starting about 6am, so we just showed up, we were met at the taxi door but ...
September 11, 2007
... at Fang Fang a surprisingly good Chinese restaurant in Kampala - we are tired of rice and beans. Josephine, the AJWS coordinator in Uganda returned from her vacation (she is Kenyan) and took us to lunch at the Speke Resort on Lake Victoria. This place ...
Going Southside
We woke up at about 5.45am – it was Andrew's turn to cook breakfast and I had promised to be the first in the reception to get as much of the blog up to date as I could before we lost wifi again. The head torches went on and I crept in to the dark ...
A fishy tale
I just need to share yesterdays achievement! Have been feeling a definite lack of protein in the diet here (the Ugandans are far worse than the Irish with their carb intake - a meal consists of sweet potato, rice, matoke, and beans). Rumour had it, that ...
Are you ready for CHOGM?
Everywhere we go in Uganda, there are signs about CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) which Uganda is hosting in November 2007. They are improving some of the roads for this visit and have even installed street lights on one road. We hope ...
Let us Welcome Southern Sudan to the World
They have been streaming the coronation of this nation since morning on all channels in Uganda. They are worried about war. ...
Hot shower - at last!
Hello All At long last the god of electricity has given us power and therefore a hot shower for me!! It came back last night as i had some girlies over for dinner - so i took my opportunity at 10.30 pm, no amount of mozzies were going to stop me! ...
Rafting the Nile.
I travelled by matatu from Kampala to Jinja on Tuesday morning. The journey through eastern Uganda is beautiful - fields upon fields of tea plantations that are the most verdant green you could imagine. A little boy came to sit next to me on the matatu to ...
New Digs
When you move overseas and are given a house, it is up to you to make it your own. We shopped at local markets and mixed in some items of our own and ended up with a bright and comfortable place to live. It wasn't easy breezy, but we did it ...
Day 24 (Arrive Uganda)
... setup for food, internet, drinks...its in its own grounds, like a compound I suppose, trees, monkeys, cool setting And No 1 - Uganda is hot, like 27-29 degrees hot, for the first time this trip you can stroll around in shorts, slops and not get ...
Judy's - Soweto
... this was just a cordial visit among new friends. The first couple, like all the others, refugees from the Congo or nearby western Uganda, were "old" by Ugandan standards. At the ages of 50 and 47, they were labeled "dissonant," because he was positive and ...
Since Rosh Hashanah
... the time away! We got some culture at a concert at the Serena Hotel (formerly the Nile Hotel) sponsored by the German Uganda Cultural Society. It was five woodwinds playing a variety of music from Mozart to ultramodern. The Serena is like an oasis - ...