Fang Fang Hotel Kampala
Plot 9 Ssezibwa Rd, P.O Box 6323 Kampala, Uganda
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Goodbyes are not my forte
... place, very busy but every store seems to just sell cellphones. I mean, every shop. Weird, how many phones do these people need?Anyway, back on truck. We get into outskirts of Kampala pretty early, but due to Saturday market traffic and road works, we're at a standstill for more than an hour. The city is, in parts, depressingly run down and dirty. Kirti, was born here and has just returned for the first time in over 40 years. She's ...
Primate Week
... I have to pinch myself to realise I am in Africa!
Gorilla trekking... well... for kiwis imagine bush bashing up and down the steepest slopes possible desperately trying not to think about snakes (which I didn't see). For English people try and picture Oxford Street being on a really steep hill and trying to walk down there at Christmas. We were the most unlucky group as it took us 5 hours to find our family and even then they kept ...
Traffic and People and Rapids Oh My!!
... mix of cinderblock houses and lean-to sheds with metal roofs that served as stores, which we passed along the two lane road. As we got closer to Jinja, the scenery shifted from non stop villages to more agriculture including tea fields and sugar cane. We finally crossed the bridge over the Nile into Jinja and arrived at the Adrift facilities, a combination campsite, bar and rafting headquarters smack dab on the banks of the Nile.
About 15 minutes after I ...
What a difference these guys make!
... are all volunteers and have to make a living alongside their work for RWEYOWA. Tonny runs a small pharmacy, Kasamba a banana stall and Wilson teaches Counseling and Project Planning and Management at a college, and yet they still manage to work on RWEYOWA almost every day. This week we visited Veronica, RWEYOWA’s first ever patient; an elderly lady in her 80s, though it is unclear just how old she is as everytime they ask her the answer is significantly ...
Uganda - the pearl of Africa
... around Kampala the landscape has a great skyline, with lots of hills and red roofs standing out amongst the lush greenery. But, most of all, it seems to be full of friendly people. My wonderfully warm greeting at the airport from Wilson, Tonny, Ronny (who prefers to be called by his family name, Kasamba) and their current volunteer Sam, was very welcome after a long overnight flight.
To be honest, it is hard to know where to start, life is so different here and I ...


