Sheraton Kampala

... wished she could give me a push. I looked at her and wondered what she meant as it sounded like she could not wait to get rid of me. But when she told me that she had to stay in office and watch the phone and she highlighted that it was good that at least Francis is giving me that push, I understood her. Yet, while I have gladly adopted the dropping of the unnecessary prepositions, this one…doesn’t sound right to me!



‘to friend with ...

... I may have gained a pound or two.) She is a sweet woman and welcomed me so warmly. We spent the entire day eating, eating and more eating. And by the time we left Adholla was busy packing more food which we were to carry home. That’s the African spirit!

Sunday…oh Sunday! We were just on our way to the bus park for me to travel to Bugonzi, when we were stopped by this police woman! Oh oh… Now, she shouted at Adholla with such a stern face ...

... 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?

To explain the conflict…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 ...

... was what was written in our travel guide, but it didnt put me off, i was so exited, being a geogrpahy lover and never crossing the equator i really wanted to get a pic and say ive done it whooop it was gettting there that was the fun part though, Uganda has the two most busiest taxi parks in the whole of east Uganda, and my gosh didnt we know that for a fact when we arrived!! we first got a matutu to he wrong taxi park and then thank ...

... a small girl (by the way, why are they always small girls?) and walk on the red carpet, yet rose petals to walk on…I have not yet seen that!

I am not entirely sure what went on after that as I left with Sam for the MoE (see previous entry). But I can imagine that there was not much teaching going on today. Maama Bigiti also brought two huge bags filled with candy for the kids which had to be shared and this cannot be done while solving ...

... very long distances to go anywhere, one guide we had walked 9 kms to work every day and if he was lucky sometimes got a ride home. We have seen many plantations of tea, sugar cane, corn, coffee and tobacco. Small children are always waving and calling out to us, Mzungu [white man], it was upsetting that some kids cried and were scared of us. Must be Gavin's looks!

Kibale forest is beautiful. We were camping surrounded by thick vegetation. As we sat by our ...

... leadership

I followed the head teacher into the Primary 7 Class, which would be equivalent in years of education to a grade 7 class. This is the last class that is publicly funded, although many children in Uganda do not attend school at all. Notice how I mention that this is equivalent in years of education. Children do not all enter school at the same time, and so in that P7 class, there were individuals as young as 12 and as old as 18. This age range is more ...

I visited Ssezibwa Falls today which is a waterfall of traditional significance about two hours east of Kampala. It's a really beautiful site with a nice waterfall set in a gully and a little walk that you can do up around the fall. I paid a guide to come round with me and he told me some of the history of the place. Its tied in with the ancestral twins that I had been praying to in Kikandwa - the river is one of two that ...

... I couldn't do anything about it and just had to get on the plane. We went back to Nairobi and Michelle and Sarah slept for 5 hours before getting ready to go to Cairo, Egypt. I stayed up and drank beers with the owner of the hostel. So it's growing on me. We didn't realize it was so late until the girls got up to check out. I spent Friday afternoon finishing a great book - Three Cups of Tea. Then my driver came to take me shopping. We went to this place ...

... Uganda Airways office so that the booking could be started. The policeman was stood a short walk away from my car and he gave me my car keys back in return for my license. That part was easy. However as we walked back to the car, he followed. When we reached it, he got into the car. "You drive!" He said. I didn't see that I had much choice. As we started off into heavy traffic, it began to dawn on me that this was Uganda and I could potentially ...