The "eye candy" discussed previously almost caused us another missed flight! Ok so I may be exaggerating. We made it to the airport with time to spare. Sarah and I spent our final Euros and boarded the plane for Uganda at 12 noon. The flight was great. KLM took great care of us. I watched sports highlights, read, and enjoyed tasty airline meals....

Flight and arrival in Uganda went smoothly, first business was to go to the ATM and draw 750,000 ugandan schillings (choke), we are staying at the Backpackers Hostel for 2 nights, and had organised an airport transfer, the dude was waiting with my name on a board Check in at 04:30 am, and got some sleep Its Sunday so can't do much, I am gonna sp...

On my last morning at Jinja I got a truck down to Jinja town with the rafters for that day, and got dropped at the hostel attached to the campsite I had been staying at in Bujagali. Every day the rafters are fed a delicious free buffet breakfast of chapattis and fruit, which I managed to get in on, by charming the staff into turning a blind eye ...

Seasons greetings, Happy New Year, and all of those clichés. I am very sorry for the prolonged silence recently. I have been here in Kampala, Uganda for the last month or so. I have been staying at a place called Backpackers, and have become sort of the Norm from Cheers character. I realized that I was burning out from too much, too quickly, and...

We arrived in Uganda yesterday morning. Kampala is ridiculously chaotic. There are always a ton of people walking on the dirt road avoiding the hundreds of minibuses, motorcycles, and cars on the road that drive in whatever direction they please. There does not seem to be a single traffic light in the city, and even if there was, they probably w...

I had a lie in on Sat morning, before walking down to Nansana (couldnt be bothered to go into Kampala) to use the internet. When I got home I really felt like cooking so I swapped with Karen and Emily (we have a rota) and started to make pizza! I'd got some yeast last week, so made loads of dough and watched it rise- it like quadrupled in size! ...

Friday: We got up early this morning to see Karen and Becca off- they're going to Pallissa, a town near Mbale in the South-East of Uganda to visit the project that Becca was working on last summ** for a couple of weeks. They're coming back next week. Meanwhile its just 6 of us in the house! A couple of hours lat** we went into town too. First st...

After dropping my things off at my apartment, I headed into work. The offices are located in a two story building close to various non-governmental organizations. To get to other parts of the building you must walk out side. Jane Francis is the receptionist and appears to be the important one to know. The IT department set up my laptop and I now...

So it's a new year and welcome to it! I'm sounding more and more African each day! We've had a really great couple of weeks with one of the main high lights being on the Great Nile River where we went White water rafting! Unfortunatly we were unable to take photos, but have an awesome DVD to show when we get home! Im soooooooooooo excited to sho...

C... We are now immersed in the world of Africa, the pearl of Africa, Uganda to be precise. We met our overland truck in Nairobi in Kenya and for the past ten days have been travelling overland with all our new chums, camping, eating and drinking and sharing a wild adventure. Being the wet and muddy season, and being new to tented accommodation ...