Imperial Royale Hotel Kampala

... a visit to the Gorillas easy, we are booked in for Tuesday. Very exited. The group we will try to find has 34 females and 3 Silverbacks.. <br><br>Found a shopping mall and stocked up and headed to the Backpackers Camping Ground.. wow nice setting with trees and a few stinky backpackers.. one in particular I think has been in Africa too long.

... is basically it. There is no speaker system with a guy talking about look left or right out the window and an explanation about whatever. Like I said, they are just leaders and not guides. Which I think is good and bad. Good because they are native English speakers and you can chill with them more and you can relate to them better, but bad because there are times where I would like to know more about the history, people, why this or that is at what I am ...

Here's a mix of other things that I saw in Kampala, including folk dancing, a Hindu temple, the electoral commission headquarters and the city undergoing a major rainstorm. As it turns out the day before I went past the electoral commission headquarters there was a riot in response to the appointment of a new head ...

... the young instructor that he had completed his scuba course in the summer of '69 &#8211; the instructor didn't realize that they had the equipment that far back in time; Gavin muttered something like shark bait!!) We snorkeled while the divers had their check out dive. We were fortunate to see many beautiful fish, some were so close &#8211; you could almost touch them. Heather saw some turtles on her dive. The current was strong and we soon ...

... many families also screaming and rejoicing that we arrived, and all the women had their hands in the air screaming "Ay ay ay ay ay." I have never had such a warm welcome in my life. Another interesting fact is that here in Uganda, you greet believers by saying "Praise God," and after saying that you can then say "Good morning" or "Good evening" or the usual greetings.

... people everywhere, selling pineapples and plantains off of their bicycles, pyramids of tomatoes, onions, avocados, and oranges lined the streets. Of course all of this would be better served by a few photos, which will not upload here!!! The center of the market is filled with piles of clothing. People would try on the clothing over top of their regular clothing, and it didn't seem to matter if they were looking at shirts or bras, either one went on over top of ...

... building plans and also the donor proposals that his father wrote. He let me take a copy of the proposals to see how it worked and how they have managed the project which was really interesting. I think when I get back to the UK I'd like to continue trying to support the development of the school at the project in Kikandwa and Paul was very enthusiastic about me using his ideas or help wherever I could. <br><br> <br><br> Without wanting to sound cynical, it was ...

... The school is currently in a temporary wooden building while the current school is being built. It is a private school, something I was initially unsure about, but in reality almost no fees are collected because people cannot afford to pay and the state schools are so bad here there is little other option. State teachers often don't get paid for months on end so it is not uncommon for a school to have simply no teachers turning up to teach. As ...

Well, suffice to say that the trip back to Kampala was nowhere near as exciting as the trip up to Obia. I met with a number of organizations; like Heifer International, CARE and the Peace Corps, basically drumming up business for SCA. But nothing beats good networking!<br>