Kampala Guest House

Kampala was modern, full of energy, relatively-riot safe and just a lot of fun to hang out. We stayed at Backpacker's guest house where we met a lot of interesting young people. The first thing that we realized is that travellers in Africa are more ...

I'm out of Treassary Board-paid accommodation and into a guest house. You see the city in a different light - what real life is like in Kampala. It is a beautiful city with lots of hills and seems like everyone walks. I finished work yesterday at 2:00 ...

... cafes yesterday.\one of the cafe had been robbed and the owner lost all his equipment - no insurance. Nelson is a fellow who manages the guest house here and I am using his net book. He is a very cool guy - friendly, big and deep,deep voice. I had lunch ...

... around 3pm. So I will meet her there and then we're going to try and find a taxi to take us to Entebbe and the guest house I've booked for us. It will be a nice, relaxing weekend exploring Entebbe and catching up. We haven't seen each other since she ...

I spent most of my time in Kampala meeting with various Community Based Organizations (CBO's), in attempts to further SCI's reach in this part of East Africa.  ...

... hours or not. However it was a lot better than before- we didnt have to stand and sing for too long, as there was a special guest from some other church and who has songs on the radio (?) who came and sang 3 of her songs- everyone was dancing- and Emma ...

I have finally arrived at the Makerere guest house. It has been a long journey. We got delayed due to bad weather in Atlanta. It was all good even though we missed our connection flight. We were able to enjoy brussels. I got a belgium waffle, yummy! I got ...

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 ...

... real coffee! Having had our fill of urban exploration, we bid adieu to the mainland and headed for Zanzibar. Our small guest house was tucked into a corner of ancient Stone Town, with its labyrinthine alleys and old-world Muslim flare. The history of ...

... sat and had dinner I dragged it out as much a possible until eventually it was almost 8 and we really had to go back to Green Valley Guest House where we were staying to ask them to call a taxi for me. I have to say I wasn't far from tears as we said ...

... 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 ...

... the late afternoon equally confused so we all agreed to meet on the Saturday and went our own ways. On the way back to the guest house Tom the driver told me he had been arguing with Joseph because the hotel he took us to wasn't safe for tourists and was ...

... a Mexican restaurant for a late lunch. It actually tasted proper Mexican! I was impressed :) And then Eva and I chilled here at the guest house in the afternoon and evening watching TV and finishing the night off with ET. What a great movie! Today is my ...

... is a 3 hour flight to the capital of Ethiopia; then another 4 hours to Entebee and lastly an hour and a half drive to our guest house in Kampala. The most longest trip of my life! Day 2: We got up to go to the Kampala Watoto church for Easter Sunday. ...

... , etc. No lack of useful activities. Made contact with Israel about attending high holiday services with the Abayudaya. He said the guest house would be ready - more info as it becomes available. It rained again today and it is colder and rainier ...

... experienced. I sure was happy that this wasn’t my first time here…cuz I was alone for the first few days in a guest house. Not to mention the intimidation when you go to leave the airport and there are SO MANY people waiting there with signs. ...

... quite danceable. Then we got locked out from the center here so I slept on another woman's spare bed at the hospital guest house. Speaking of hospitals, the Ugandan's avoid them, partially because the emergency rooms are really meant for those with money, ...

... or if we are bathing. Fun Fact: bathing consists of a bucket with warm water (which we are fortunate to have considering the Mukono guest house has only freezing cold rain water) in a small room with a drain.  The process involves crouching down and ...