Guest Houses Kampala

... and Trevor house, the founders of The Kids League. Their house is amazing and it reminds me so much of some of friends houses in Botswana. I went around looking at the water fall and taking pictures and many of the different flowers. It was so pretty. I ...

Rosh Hashanah with the Abayudaya We had been corresponding with Isaac from the community who is the guest house manager and operates a tour service, with Samson, in Kampala. We arranged for Isaac to pick us up and take us to the Abayudaya community ...

... Lucy. She guided me all through the border procedures at Busia which helped and insisted that I should stay at the guest house she was staying at in Kampala . I was pretty happy to do this because I hadn't had a chance to change currency at the border as ...

... . Needless to say the slum is awful - open sewers, malaria from the mosquitoes in the swamp, TB, no electricity or water, and small houses or apartments made of mud and sugar cane stalks. But even in this environment, there is an order to the place - a ...

... not been killed with the way people drive around here. I'm still trying to figure out which city wins: Rome, Nairobi or Kampala. Sometimes I think the drivers (cars, motor bikes AND bicycle) try to intentionally take out pedestrians. I won't lie; I have ...

... why the bus company was called 'Regional'.  This particular bus had traveled from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to Nairobi, Kenya, to Kampala, Uganda, non stop, and was heading to Kigali, Rwanda.  Four countries, three days.  I wondered how many ...

... only Mzungus left.  To help us feel a little less lonely the teachers decided to bombard us at Boston house (one of the guest houses in the village).  The idea was that they were going to give us a crash course in Ugandan cooking.  IT WAS ...

... solitude. I would not really know what else people come here to do. Best Hotel/Hostel By my recollections I stayed in 24 guest houses, hotels, campsites or hostels in Africa across eight countries. Some were better than others and while I never really had ...

... - who presumably told the tale...); Ashura island is densely populated with euycalyptus trees and other islands have schools or guest houses on them. Weatherwise it was cold and rained a lot! The people The people themselves were extremely friendly ...

... to Heathers apartment until somewhere around 11 AM. The waiting involved both at the border and then again at some weird customs depot in Kampala was nothing short of painful. I think it may have been worse for James though as I was much more well rested ...

... in early 1900s during the push for completion of the Uganda Railway, from the port city of Mombasa in Kenya to Kampala, the capital of Uganda – also known as the “Lunatic Line" – prehistoric archaeological finds have been discovered in ...

... one point!  The bird life is good, too, with Hornbills and Giant Kingfishers also watching the monkeys. This morning we headed back to Fort Portal town by boda boda (motorbike taxi) and are looking forward to a good shower! Tomorrow we go to ...

... . Easily a record breaker. I tried and failed to count all the heads. It was at least the mid 20's. Nelson, a kind businessman from Kampala, sharing the front seat, showed me to the port and helped me buy a ticket. With around six hours to kill before the ...

... that taditionally in africa, fat women were considered beautiful. so women don't take offense to it at all. he said that now in Kampala, it is becoming more common fo skinnier girls to be models, but there is still the idea that fat is beautiful. it's ...

... , film and everything else required to take to a project in Uganda.  They had raised the money themselves and were heading to Kampala to donate the camera and train the locals how to use it.  Their aim was to create awareness of the poverty, as ...

... Cameroon. The same is true for my return to the truck.  I’d been hoping we’d reunite on the road to Kampala. I’d be cycling along when Brendan would blow the horn on the big yellow; stopping to pick me up somewhere near the ...