Country Info
- Kampala
- Capital
- Uganda Shilling (UGX)
- Currency
- 23,985,712
- Population
- UG
- Country Code
Kampala Slideshow
Kampala
Travel Blogs from Kampala, Uganda
Cycling with Zebras and Grade 5 Rapids
... called "Silverback" we flipped & I ended up about 100 meters down the Nile from the place we flipped. It was fun, but might be my last rafting trip for a while! After the ride we had a BBQ and the local "Nile Special" brewed at the dam in Jinja, ...
Gorillas and engagement
Another long bus ride took us from Nairobi, Kenya to Kampala, Uganda. We spent 13 hours sitting on yet another bus and stayed awake the entire time to watch the spectacular African scenes pass by our window. Our plans for Uganda were to travel ...
Handel Hid the Body
... During college I was working 2 jobs part-time and got my degrees in 3 and a half years. The 6 months before coming to Uganda, I was volunteering about 15 hours a week, working full time and auditing a class. Now I'm teaching 5 classes literacy, 8 classes ...
Ten, ten, two thousand ten... Awesome!
... are with an Ugandan male, they like to see how fast you can walk (or at least if you are female). So before coming to Uganda I strongly recommend hiking in the mountains as fast as you can, trust me. Being from Colorado, I grew up hiking in the mountains, ...
Water and the Longest Journey
... that far? Uphill? It is something one has to see to understand and believe is really happening. Children all over Uganda do this daily. I do not have pictures of some of the worst of what I have seen because I am passing these kids ...
Wabaam!
So on Sunday I was thinking that in a couple days I would be writing to you about my magnificent adventure Kim and I went on on Monday that involved helmets and the Nile River. But of course, everything changes so fast here, and my plans changed also. We ...
"Yes Lord"
I came across this article the other day and found it both challenging and encouraging, so I thought I would share it: "I had a nice house: the wide front porch my wife always hoped for, a great backyard the kids could frolic in, a garde, a master suite ...
UGANDA-PEARL OF AFRICA
... along with our Ugandan guide, Lydia, and our driver, Moshe. In our extended Toyota Landcruiser we drove to northern Uganda to Murchison Falls National Park. We were housed in comfortable bandas(tourist cottages). We took a boat trip up ...
I'm A Teacher
... pink dresses. When she was still in diapers her mother abandoned her in a bar where she was left to walk the streets of Kampala afraid, dirty and alone. It was just after that that Carli and Robert found her and took her in. Nursued her back to health ...
Kampala
Finally back in Africa. After being pampered for a month in Europe it's nice to be back to the thrill and pace of Africa. Kampala is my first destination for "Africa: Round 2". I'm using the city as a base for trips around the country. There's actually ...
Sending Love Your Way Everyday!
... point… I’m not exactly sure what the thought process behind that maneuver was, but oh boy, people were not happy. So, Kampala is still banned and I haven’t been able to check my mail for 2 almost 3 weeks, but I’m going on Monday, ...
Ups and Downs, Somehow
... up on how they are improving and honing their teaching skills in the direction that the Ministry of Education and Sports of Uganda has requested. I think that doing this work in the most sustainable thing that I’ve been able to accomplish thus far ...
BACK IN KAMPALA
... long-horn cattle(and I do mean loooooong)within the national park:s boundary. After that we drove across the equator back to Kampala. Kampala is a sprawling city of 3 million. Today I successfully used an ATM to ...
He loves me, he loves me not.......
... a number of people who have not heard of the term "washing" (yes i know i am one to talk) only to get dropped off in Kampala and have the heavens open up on me. ho hum. Plenty of rain everywhere this week, which has been great for the farm and the ...
Moving in... and out
... fabulous thai restaurant I have ever been to. It was in the middle of Kololo, which is the ritzy upper end district of Kampala. Needless to say, we cannot afford to eat there again, but it was definately worth it to try once. The ...
Update Aug 16
... is guilty of a felony and can be punished by life imprisonment. ... The only complaints filed include young men who accuse a Kampala pastor of sodomising them. Sunday we went to town (Kampala) to do some sightseeing and a little shopping. It turns ...
Ba'hai
Hello All! Oli otya? (How are you?). Much has happened since I wrote last. We had a rainy weekend, and spent much of it treking to and from the ba'hai temple. Ba'hai is a religion that originated in Iran. The basic ...
Fish Hacking
There is basically one type of local fish readily and cheaply available in Uganda: Tilapia from Lake Victoria. As a vegetarian who eats fish, I have become very well acquainted with Tilapia. Gone are the days of wandering Whole Foods or other fish ...
Stuff and Things!!!
I have been in Uganda. I have been busy. More busy than I originally expected. I have had multiple meetings in Kampala, which means that I have to make the hour long, dusty trek into town on a bumpy taxi crammed full of people. Always! Always I somehow ...
Capital City
A day of visiting some sights in Kampala...the Bahai temple, the Kasubi tombs, the Royal palace, and Idi Amin's torture rooms. Just click the name if you want to know more about the Bahai temple, Kasubi tombs, or Idi Amin's reign of terror. Picture ...
Kampala, Uganda
... for both nights, complete with modern bathroom. It was very comfortable. We needed to arrange bus tickets to Kampala, Uganda so we walked 2-3km to downtown Nairobi where the bus station and private bus companies are located. We had a ...
Unexpected Trip to Kampala
This weekend I took a spontaneously planned (or unplanned for that matter) trip to Kampala, Uganda. Last week Monday the Harvard girls mentioned that they might go with our mutual friend Justin to Kampala and asked if I would go with them. I told them ...
Kampala
We have now safely arrived in Kampala, Uganda and checked into the Hotel Africana from which our Uganda tour begins tomorrow Monday. The flight here was long ... very long. We had to change planes in Heathrow, Dubai and had a stop in Addis Adaba. The ...
Eating Local
_________________________________________________________________________________ One of my biggest excitements in moving to Uganda was having the opportunity to try new local dishes. I have to say that my huge excitement created unreal ...
Final blog
... . It's wearing sun glasses to protect your eyes from the dust and a face mask to keep your lungs clear when riding to work. (Uganda has no emissions control.) It's eating out almost every night in the open, cool air, and having a maid do the washing and ...
Things I Could Do Without
... the driver to wait. -There are black mamba snakes in my area, which I thought only existed way outside of Kampala. Apparently we just keep an eye out and notify our guards or gardener who will kill them. If we get too many ...
Trip to the swamp plus
... a good book that attempts to answer to the question posed by the girl in the Welcome Center - why is the US so rich and Uganda so poor? The author's main reason is POOR leadership. We both thought that but did not want to use that excuse with the kids. ...
Kampala Catch Up
... provides art workshops for Acholi kids living on the outskirts on Kampala. These kids and there families have moved from Northern Uganda to Kampala to escape the fighting in that area... they are basically living in a refugee camp. The kids were so cute ...