Tourist Hotel Kampala

... a bit like the Irish countryside. The equator also runs through Uganda so When the sun did come out it was very hot. We passed the equator around lunchtime and for the first time since last March we were back in the Northern Hemisphere. We didn't feel any different though.<br><br>We arrived in Kampala in the early afternoon and we were pleasantly surprised to find it a fairly modern and clean (by African standards) city. We did some shopping then spent the night at the Red Chilli campsite ...

... I would say the Zambezi is the best, just due to the amount of rapids you can do in a day, but the Nile is still lots of fun to do especially on those monster Grade 5 rapids.<br><br>Watched the video at night and I bought one for $45, as this video was much better than the Zambezi one plus this shows the bungy jumping aswell. There is a highlights section at the end, my bungy is the only bungy jump shown.<br><br>Unfortunately around mid-2010 the new ...

Notes about tour and the way thing work<br><br>The way things work on this trips goes something like this. We have 1 truck, 1 tour leader(not guide), 1 co-driver, 1 cook(who is a local), and 20 tourists. We have a set itinerary that we follow pretty well and it takes us around the various sites. The two leaders are British and the local cook never touches the wheel which is a surprise to me. You would think you would have a local to drive but he just sits ...

... way out of date, 2 years precise!! one of the art galleries we were trying to head for was now non existence :( and we spent the good morning looking for it, we're now goign to another 2moro or saturday not so sure what day yet. We did get to learn about the ugandan history as we headed to the ugandan natural museum, where the main exhibition was on carbon footprint and climate change, though uganda per peroson roughly uses 0.7% tonnes of carbon a year the states ...

... out papers for us passengers to fill out concerning the H1N1 virus. It is kinda scary to see them standing there with their masks and gloves handing those cards to us. And honestly, after carefully reading the instructions and being asked several times if I really understood them, I now start suffering from those symptoms. <br><br>So, the following day I went with Birgitte to Eden School. The head teacher Sam took me around school and ...

... completely, she would cling to me. I tried to take the time to remember all of it. Her hands, the cracked skin on her feet, her face, but focusing on it made me emotional. Fortunately, there were fire ants to shock me back into reality. I took a few minutes at the end to say good bye, and although I am certain that she has no actual memory of the walk, I will hold that memory forever. I paid extra attention to Pasa's behaviour for the remainder of the visit. It was apparent that she was ...

... We finally realised that the armed tanks, snipers on the roof and marksmen around the building wern't in fact normal for a tourist hotel and there was in fact a very important UN meeting taking place in our hotel. <br><br>At 5pm we met back up with Matia and the rest of the group who consisted of myself, Jane, Tamsin, Dave, Stuart, Louise, Alex, Jane, Jim, Christine and Michael. We got to know each other over a few beers and then Jane ...

... replying to letters from their young audience. Typical questions were like "Is it true if a girl washes her vagina with soda after playing sex with a boy she won't get pregnant?" or "Is it true that if you eat a lot of eggplant and have sex with an infected person you can't get HIV? and giving advice to girls being pressured into early sex and marriage. STF is a well established NGO and I am thankful for this opportunity to work with them.<br><br>I have always ...

... time. It was the most hectic thing I've seen - hundreds and hundred of vans all bumper to bumper ready to head off all over the country. Apparently there is a system in place but it was so confusing - it was good to have some locals explain it to us! Got back very late and a little drunk after drinking Kenya whisky called Bond 7 all the way home. We have put together roughly 2 million shillings between myself and Becky and some colleagues ...