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- Kampala
- Capital
- Uganda Shilling (UGX)
- Currency
- 23,985,712
- Population
- UG
- Country Code
Kampala Slideshow
Kampala
Travel Blogs from Kampala, Uganda
My nest
Today was a pretty relaxing day. I washed some clothes (which took a rather long time since you have to do it in a bucket and clothes get ridiculously dirty here--especially if you are wondering around the market all day). I also spent a good deal ...
Kerosene and Jackfruit
I ate jackfruit today and it was tasty. Jackfruit actually tastes similar to leche fruit. Good stuff. Jackfruit are really quite huge. When I bought the slice of jackfruit in the market today, there was a guy with a big machete chopping it ...
recuperate and rejuvenate
... to head out to the Lake Turkana region in Kenya. Start: Nile River Explorer Camp, Jinja, UG. 07:36 End: Phil and Clare's home, Kampala, UG. 09:30 Distance Traveled: 110 km Road Conditions: same as on the way here Temperature: drizzly on and ...
Easter Day ( Not in Church)
... I just stayed up and watched television until 1 pm when Diiyah woke up. Instead of the beach, I went to a lunch/ dinner. Yes, in Uganda I managed to find a group of 10 Black Americans ( mostly in their 30s and 40s) who got together for a lunch/dinner. The ...
Cool, Cool Kampala.
... a sign for the Imperial Beach Hotel, welcoming 'His Excellency, George W. Bush'. Apparently Clinton had also spent time there - there is the Clinton presidential suite. I'm in Kampala for a few more days trying to figure out how to get to ...
Overlanders
We had met a group of overlanders travelling together whilst we were in Kampala. One German, one Mexican and two Canadians, strange but true. The Mexican was travelling on a motor bike, the German was alone in the most technologically advanced Toyota ...
Royal Ascot Goat Races
One of the biggest events of the year in Kampala involves large fashionable hats and goats racing. For me it felt like Uganda's version of the Kentucky Derby. Rick and I attended this "must see" event. What I noticed right away was that the ...
You got lemons? Make Lemonade.
... because trains are better. I apologize to all my loyal, lovely readers of my blog; I have been neglecting my duty as a blogger. Uganda has recently had some ups and downs, mostly with tear-gas (expired), bullets (rubber I think), and hoses (full of pink ...
New bugs New friends
... invited to the screening of Hotel Rwanda by our Texan friend, Rand Blaire. The screening was a charity event for the camps in northern Uganda. Ida had to remain in Gulu, but I went without her. The Cineplex is at the Garden City Mall and I decided a ...
More pictures from Gulu
More pictures from Ida's adventures in Gulu. The welcome page picture is of a baboon she encountered a couple of weeks ago. http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=131l6so3.19ersq93&x=1&y=kr980i Hi everyone, Here are some pictures from the first ...
A Look Out My Car Window
I thought I would share some pictures of what my new world looks like on my way to and from work. The truly amazing pictures I lost because I wasn’t fast enough on the camera draw. The great shots I missed: The driver of a boda ...
The Art of Time Management
Oh, Africa Time, if only you knew how insulting and a waste you are. You feel to come and go when you please. Your hands near your face for prayer or your arms moving from plate to mouth are your only priorities. How do you wish to become more ...
Bubbles and Hairy Lemon Island
... is earning her PHD in education at Columbia and just completed a research project in Sudan. She is here for a month touring Uganda. Saturday I went with them to Hairy Lemon Island, a resort that is popular with the Kayakers that come from all parts ...
The send off
Hi there, Sorry there hasn't been a blog for a while. The last few weeks have been hectic! I'm writing this from Kampala, having left Namungalwe yesterday for the last time! I don't have much time so will try to sum up the last few weeks as best I ...
A day in Kampala
... to Brussels leaves from Entebbe airport at 11:10 tonight. With the help of Tony, a friend and colleague based out of ActionAid Kampala, I managed to get my cell phone unlocked, do some shopping, and have some decent Indian food for lunch. All despite the ...
Road Etiquette
... to revolve around trying to intimidate everyone else! Effectively I think the ingredients you need to be a good driver in Kampala are a perfect awareness of your car's dimensions (I've never seen people drive so close together!) and bigger ...
On my own
Hey All, Emily is leaving for Tanzania tomorrow to visit a friend so I will be solo for the next 5 days. I am trying to find a group of backpackers who are doing something exciting to latch onto and follow around for the next little bit. So ...
Changing Seasons
The weeks continue to fly by faster and faster – if I didn't make sure to write things down most days, I wouldn’t have any idea what actually happened during the week. But what a week of great memories! It seems as though we have now entered ...
Continuing news
... clients in the slum and village. That will give us a real picture of environment the children come from. The big news from Kampala - aside from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) - is that the water has turned green. The head of the ...
My sister's house
Today I went to a surprise bridal shower for one of my sister's friends. I didn't know what to expect, but I was open to whatever the day may bring. I was soon pleasantly surprised. I learned that in Ugandan culture, traditionally it is either ...
In Kampala
Have been back in Kampala since Sunday and am spending some time staying at HM's apartment ....for now just relaxing. Getting around this crazy city is interesting, took my first boda ride the other day (on the back of a motor ...
Child's play
... an outreach organization called CHAIN that provides food, clothing, and other basic necessities to the poorest children and families in Kampala. If I had the money and means I think I would have brought several of the children we visited home with ...
Adding A Place Of Our Own
Just when the walls were getting to be too much. . . ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________I had an idea and with a huge amount of help from our gardener (and guard) ...
Rosh Hashanah with the Abayudaya
... be downloaded from the Internet. http://www.hadassah.org/news/content/per_hadassah/archive/20 02/JunJul_02/feature2.htm Before we left Kampala we had made reservations at the Landmark Inn in Mbale for Friday and Saturday nights in case we wanted to do ...
Matoke
I know that those of you who read my emails from Nepal are wondering: where is the epic description of the Ugandan food??!!! Yes I agree, there is a huge hole that can only be filled with a full-on description of the gourmet cuisine available here. ...
Teaching the learned
The Hospice is currently running a palliative care course for health professionals from across Africa: we have students from Nigeria, Malawi, Cameroon and Ethiopia. On Monday Harriet, who is one of the nurses helping to run the course, came to me with a ...
Happy Birthday To Me
... hour bus ride. The driver seemed a little calmer on the way back down the mountain, a definite bonus. Got off the bus in Kampala where I discovered my bag was at the top of the luggage pile under the bus, and thus the highest point for the chickens ...
Amoebas Again
Not much to tell this week except for watching the hurricane devistate the South and feeling sick again. Finally decided to go to "The Surgery". What a name for the clinic where all of the white people are suppose to go. I did not have an appointment ...
i love clean laundry
... , exciting to think we might meet some of them in a few day's time. Start: - End: - Distance Traveled: just around Kampala Road Conditions: chaotic traffic, especially with the matatus (local minibus) that don't follow any of the road rules and ...