Hotel Equatoria Kampala

... not remember the word (often they also substitute gundi with &#8216;whatever&#8217;, as in &#8216;Go and put this in the whatever!). So, a perfectly fine Uganlish sentence could be: Anti kakati, I bought the gundi for oba how much and it is really kawa! <br><br>&#8216;to extend&#8217; - meaning: to move over/ to make room for somebody else. This is really one of my favourites. So, you sit in a bus and someone tells you to &#8216;extend&#8217; in order for more people ...

... His face&#8230;oh, his face!!! (But of course my heart skipped a beat as well&#8230;with my fear of authorities! Mind you I am illegal in the country!) He apologised ever so politely, but she just handed Helene her big book of Ugandan paragraphs of law and told her to read a specific section which said that he could indeed be charged heavily like that. Then she said, okay, she wouldn&#8217;t actually charge him to court, but fine him heavily and once he produced the ...

... we went to bed straight after dinner.<br><br>29th - Drove 50km to where we would meet 3 more people and start our trek at 9am. Bwindi is home to about 330 gorillas in an area of 331 sq.km. Walked for about an hour before our guide spotted the family group we were looking for. This was a family of 12 gorillas (13 awhile ago, but one of the juveniles has moved to another group) including 4 silverbacks.<br><br>The first gorilla we saw was a black-back - the stage ...

... I have left her???) Radio stations were taken off the air for inciting violence. And the thing that disgusted me most, the government responded by shooting with live bullets. Can you imagine?<br><br>To explain the conflict&#8230;the violence was sparked off following a power tussle between President Museveni and the Kabaka (traditional ruler of the Buganda Kingdom). In Uganda, the traditional kingdoms were banned but reinstated by Museveni in the early 1990s. However, he ...

... all those people stare at me. What if that cheeky spokesperson would aske me something? To prevent that I inserted a phrase saying that I do not know their language well and therefore only say a few words. It worked, people were amused, thought it was cute and congratulated me the entire evening on that speech. (By the time we left and brought some things to Mayega&#8217;s aunti&#8217;s house they had already heard about my speech even though they were not at the ...

... just needed to hand them in (and no one but Maryam was capable of accepting and storing them!) and he was so kind and explained us the entire procedure, which I, as the secretary, wrote down, while Sam made sure he go all the info according to his district h**e in Kampala. <br><br>So, in the end we did get what we came for, but not from the p**son who gets paid for it. I have to admit, this visit to the MoE was v**y special and one starts to appreciate the bureaucrats at home!

... wake up to find that the mosquitoes had mined my face. I should also mention at this point that I am terrified to be covered in bites&#8212;I spent most of my camp days and farm days literally covered in itchy volcanoes of soreness. I am like Elvis to mosquitoes. However, so far, it appears that only North American mosquitoes hold me in this regard; their African counterparts are less impressed&#8212;yay! <br><br>There is so much to tell--thanks for checking in! <br><br>

... were full of energy and were a joy to watch! They did not stop moving, drumming or singing for nearly 2 hours and showed us many traditional ceremonial dances. We purchased a few items from them and then went back to our lodge for dinner. Dinner was a table set for two, lit with a kerosene lantern, and again overlooking the serene, peaceful forest. A very romantic way to end our incredible day. We ordered glasses of boxed wine that they filled to ...

... private and can involve animal sacrifices as a means of appeasement to spirits. The compound was enclosed with bamboo fences and comprised of a number of grass thatched houses snaking up a rocky hill. We had to take our shoes off on entering the compound and went to meet a group of the elders who live there. One of the men was an albino who is believed to have special powers (much like in Tanzania but they don't ...