Sheraton Kampala

... mean!<br><br>So, now that you are up to date with the Uganlish, let me tell you about beating the buffalo. They have this Luganda saying here: &#8216;Okubye emboogo&#8217; (you have beaten a buffalo). It is used to denote the incorrect use of English. So, here I am telling this guy (the same who told me I speak as good English as a Ugandan) that I prefer juice to soda. He starts laughing and said: &#8216;Okubye emboogo.&#8217; - I had beaten a buffalo. Now, fair enough ...

... around, shame I don't have more time to see it. The local people are really friendly and helpful.<br><br>Dist cov. = km<br><br>October 1st - Picked up at 8am by Adrift, the company that we would be white-water rafting the Nile with. It's a 80km drive to Jinja, located beside Lake Victoria and the source of the White Nile. We were taken to Nile High Camp, where we would be staying with the truck later tonight.<br><br>Martin, Tom, Kira and myself were also ...

... read and then you are in. There was an incredibly long line of trucks delivering goods either way in or out and apparently it can take as long as a week to get across. I guess both countries don&#8217;t trust each other and they are only hurting each other by slowing the process. Pretty much as soon as you cross the border, the terrain and climate change. It becomes more rocky and greener. A lot more palm trees everywhere and ...

... everyone thinks that he should be ousted from power and even tried for crimes against humanity. Yet, why is there such a silence on the events in Uganda? And here I don&#8217;t just mean the riots this week, but even the conflict in Northern Uganda has been largely neglected in the West, yet so many people have been killed and displaced and are traumatised. Museveni is a former liberation fighter with strong Pan-African credentials, and, moreover, he is also someone who is ...

... for men in steward clothng the right people directed us to the right taxi park but when we got there lookuign for he right stop men were telling us left right and centre to go on tbis one, that one so aggressive some of them, so we asked a steward again, wwe finally took off thoguh Jules was not enirely sure it was a good idea due to thunderstorm cluds in the sky, as matutus stop when it rains, and the equator is the middle of ...

... no waiting, saving me enough time to use the card again to visit the Senator&#8217;s Lounge for a lovely cappuccino.<br><br> After a relatively short flight, I sit in the Cairo business lounge for about seven hours before two more members of my group show up. We bus out to our plane at 11pm, sit waiting to board, and watch what appears to be frantic activity amongst the ground ...

... away. It was almost departure time and we had our very heavy backpacks so we opted to jump on the back of 2 bicycles to take us to the park. This is a common form of transportation in East Africa and although it was difficult balancing with all of our luggage we were glad to have the experience. The bus ride back was long, bumpy and dusty as usual, but we made it. When we arrived to Kampala we retrieved our bags that were stored under the bus and found ...

... actually having any idea who either of these spouses-to-be were!<br><br>We arrived about 25minutes late. This may sound bad but I before you pass judgement please bear these two things in mind: firstly, I arrived to my first Hospice wedding an hour late (and still managed to catch 45 minutes by the way; these weddings are long!), so you can see that my time-keeping had improved. Secondly, we were way ahead of one Hospice member who may wish to remain anonymous; she managed to turn up in ...

... about an hour catching the flying ants ourselves and keeping them in a cup because they are a delicacy out here. When we got back after work we soaked them in water as they float and all the dirt sinks off then fried them before covering them in salt. Absolutely delicious! Sometimes its hard to describe a new taste but these tasted just like cheese and onion crisps and even had the crunch to go with them. Work has carried on well here and the builders were halfway up ...