Blue Mango Kampala

... what a small world it truly is when I met a fellow San Franciscan yesterday at the mall and then we ran into each other again at the Blue Mango. [Picture is of my security guard posing with the wild animals outside my door]. Kangaroos in Africa?!?!

Hello All- A little behind on the travel blogs because of traveling and the wireless not working at the blue mango. It is the rainy season so everything goes down when it begins to storm. Still no Malaria- cant believe it with all of the bites. Holding ...

A few days rest in the Blue Mango resort in Kampala. This place is dangerous, a lovely pool, with lots of sun. Laid back tunes going all day. Everything is on your tab and you clear it when you check out. Actually, it wasn't too bad, I can't complain when ...

... and electricity went out this a.m. and still not hot water. Lord William said he could not make it until Monday. I headed to the Blue Mango after our 3 hour tour and the wireless was down so I could not update everyone. I spoke with Mark, the owner ...

... bright yellow and green walls. When I saw the modern bathroom I was pretty satisfied. Our place is within walking distance to the Blue Mango, so free wireless and also within walking distance to my work. I have since checked with a few locals and they ...

... road were scanty houses, people gathered outside their shops, cows either walking or tied up. I checked into a place called the Blue Mango (http://bluemango-uganda.com/contact_us.html), a very cozy place where everyone from locals to those working for ...

... ....!! They finally did show up for the record but his dignity is still AWOL.... Spent the next few days there between the Blue Mango and a tourist hotel in town across from a very nosiy and smelly market before heading off to Jinga to check out the ...

... and that's only assuming the grid is actually working. Meanwhile, I am sitting in the restaurant at my hotel, The Blue Mango, using their wireless Internet and listening to perhaps the best playlist I've heard in any restaurant/bar, anywhere. Hilights ...

... was 3am...with a suggested 7am start in the morning...most of us decided at that point to finish up drinks and head back to the Blue Mango...that is with the exception of Ronnie (he was doing well), Jamie...he had an admirer, and Peter (he wasn't going ...

... best 'find' since we landed and I'm actually embarrassed to say it but it's a supermarket up the road from The Blue Mango which stocks among it's regular groceries, gems like Pringles, Nail Varnish remover, Ariel washing powder, Palmers coaca butter and ...

... til 4 or and.it kills the next day. Saturday I went to lunch with Greg and Tom, a new friend I met at the Blue Mango the previous weekend. Tom is originally from Texas and is the country director for the American Refugee Committee. Great guy and ...

... turned on the light and obviously Remie had been their because my clothes were al nicely ironed and folded...nice! Decided to come to the Blue Mango and update this thing since I am getting behind. On my way out, the security guard and I had a good time ...

... of the Ugandan Habitat for Humanity and we discussed ways in which can become involved. Sunday and I am here with Ida at the Blue Mango updating the Travelpod. We have decided it is a day of relaxing poolside as we get set for the new work week. Ida ...

... stopped for lunch in Jinja at a hotel that overlooked the Nile. Finally made it to Kampala around 5 pm and we were all pretty exhausted. I managed to get my second wind and venture out that evening to meet Greg and some of his friends at the Blue ...

... to learn Luganda, the local dialect in Kampala. Lunch was ordered by Jane Francis. It was my first Ugandan meal since the Blue Mango's menu was geared towards foreigners. Uganda is the land of matoke, a cooked banana dish eaten with the usual blend ...

... a home in my stomach this week. I actually started feeling really bad as I was last updating this last Sunday at the Blue Mango. I was all excited about spending time by the pool after I updated this but was sweating profusely and decided to return ...