Holiday Express Hotel Kampala

... 8217;s hard to imagine some of the atrocities that have gone on here in the past.<br><br>The girls on our truck are all loving the little kids we pass on the road side who all smile and wave, they are very cute and there are lots of them. It&#8217;s actually frightening to see so many young children under 5 just playing on the side of the road all day &#8211; we wonder what hope they have for their future.<br><br>The roads at least in Uganda are in good condition so the ...

... it didn't let up and we were getting very worried about our tents at the bottom of a hill in the campsite. One of the guys braved the rain to go down and check it out. He reported back that at least 5 or 6 tents were in danger of being carried away by the rising waters. We decided to take action and 10 of us ran down in our underwear to move the tents into a shelter on higher ground. With that done we got back to the bar, dried off and started the party in earnest. Most people finished ...

... others. Money situation: We all paid money when we booked the trip but we didn&#8217;t pay the full amount. We have to pay what is called a "kitty" payment to our tour leader when we arrive. That way he can have cash on hand to pay for park fees, food, campsites, and other stops along the way. I had to pay $1120 in cash along all the others. I find it ironic, if somebody knew how much cash the truck was carrying from country to country, we would be robbed ...

... has put behind it most of the other unpleasant associations of that time to become quite a modern country. <br><br>Northern Uganda, however, is a bit of a no go area, thanks to the Lord's Resistance Army, who want to govern the country according to the 10 Commandments - not so strictly that they themselves hold back from murdering, kidnapping and some even less pleasant practices, presumably that's only for everyone else to adhere to...<br><br>I

... of Lake Victoria. We stop at a small island where the explorer Speke erected a marker indicating the spot where he believed the Nile commenced. A group of children attending a religious school are there, and the pastor immediately tries to convert me! "Are you born again?" he asks? I held my tongue, and took a photo of the group anyway. I tried to get the kids to shout &#8220;Obama&#8221; as I was taking the photo, and instead the teacher had ...

... helps out at the BiA's office prepared it, and I had a wee piece to be polite...when in Rome, do as the Romans. It did actually not really 'fishy'. It was quite nice. <br><br>Alrighty, now, thanx for all those lovely messages and comments and mails and texts and thoughts, it is so nice to hear from you all. Chica, thanx for sending that letter. I hope it be there by the time I get there Saturday. <br><br>Take care and talk again soon.<br>

... of my role at this time in Uganda. I am certain that this country, this visit will leave a much bigger mark on me, than I will on it, the teachers I am working with, or the students I meet. And the more I though about that, the more I realized that was always going to be the way. I was naïve to think that anything that I did here required me to do it. I went back to thinking about my initial thoughts when I found out I was going to Uganda. I thought then and have recommitted now, to ...

... training college in Entebbe but had run into political problems when trying to convert it into a university and eventually been driven out with a small compensation package. He then founded a new school outside Kampala that he was working on up until his death. Paul and his siblings are now running the project alongside their day jobs and the school opened to students two years ago. <br><br> <br><br> The building is by no means complete but they seem to have ...

... really not going to get much done otherwise. On a positive note - I'm being fed to exploding point three times a day and snacking on the most amazing fresh fruit I've ever tasted. We get matoke, peanut sauce and rice as staples three times a day and then meat if it is available. Its pretty good food but we are always given mountains of it by the grandmother of the house and she complains daily that we don't finish it all! Each day after work we are ...