Fairway Hotel Kampala

... s no public transport so unless we rented a car we had to go through a tour company and we needed to squeeze the tour in somehow. After many phone calls and visits to tour companies we found one that fits our schedule and we'll have us back in Kampala just in time to fly to Addis. <br>Then we explored Kampala which honestly, after Cape Town, is probably my favorite African city so far. There is a shopping mall! A bookstore! A cinema! A place that sells ...

... I was then told that there is no real time for all those unnecessary prepositions, because everybody understands &#8216;to pick someone&#8217; just fine. Point taken! (Good I have already passed that Grammar exam.)<br><br>&#8216;to give someone a push&#8217; - meaning: to accompany someone somewhere, e.g. to bring someone to the station. I remember last time I was here and I was about to leave, Wycliffe and Francis brought me to the bus station. Goretti then said that ...

... furniture, calm residential area&#8230;what else does one want? The car&#8230;a wee bit faulty, but it moves around just fine. <br><br>For me this weekend was very Western-oriented. We had Indian food, which was so nice after 2 months of &#8216;Matooke, muceere ne supu yeka&#8217; (matooke, rice and only soup). Indian&#8230;Naan bread! Sunday, we had a sandwich, something as simple as a baguette with some eggs and tomatoes. Oh dear, how wonderful! <br><br>Friday ...

I remember the first time I came to Uganda in 2006, my mum got so scared and asked me why Uganda, don't I know about Idi Amin. In an attempt to soothe her I told her that things have changed since Idi Amin was toppled and I was ever so careful not to mention Joseph Kony and the 20-something year old conflict in Northern Uganda. It worked and after she had the chance to look at my pictures she was even happy for me when I decided to come back the following year. Yet, third time ...

... very good use of me to the great amusement of the rest of the guests. <br><br>The ceremony went on for quite some time. And Maggie, the bride-to-be, was nowhere to be seen. The thing is that Mayega had talked to Maggie&#8217;s Ssenga, which is a very special auntie, and we needed to find her as she was the only one who knew us. So, a number of women were brought out and none of them knew us, which meant the spokesperson of Maggie wanted to send us packing. However ...

... the requirements for regist**ing a Private Primary School, i.e. Eden School. Well, no, we w**e not, but on the first floor we would find the right p**son. Okay, so we went back down and also managed to find the office quickly, yet th**e was a note saying the girl has gone up to the office we had just come from. By this time, Sam got somewhat impatient. Little did he know! ;-) We went back up th**e. Now the fun started. Sam once again asked for the p**son who could ...

... affiliate. Though I'd done a lot of research on IC and knew they were a good organization, it's a bit unsettling sometimes to feel that I might be seen as "that white woman who thinks she knows it all and is here to give us advice and handouts." That thought pretty much makes me ill, but I must say that I am quite proud to be with IC. They are so passionate about working with Ugandans to give Ugandans the chance to help their own countrymen and women. While there are ...

... day and spend another hour with these extraordinary animals. On the walk back we stopped for a picnic lunch along the way and took in the forest views. Children in the passing villages would run to the paths where we walked and hold up their drawings of gorillas hoping we would stop to buy them. Clint and I couldn&#8217;t resist and bought one from a little boy who had drawn what appeared to be stick figures of gorillas. The rest of the way back is a blur ...

... cautions when moving bricks and stones now! We all went for drinks on Thursday and took one of the cowherds called Kalan along with us. He has a reputation for going wild when drunk and reminds me of one of Steinbeck's Paisanos from Tortilla Flats. He earns next to nothing but what he does earn he drinks and smokes and then goes crazy - he lives life from drink to drink. Every other day he charges up the path ...