Masindi Hotel

... us from Vancouver, worked at the school that not only fundraised but also built the solar powered lamps that were sent to the Masindi and Budongo Forest region. This woman talked to us about how access to the lamp changed her life, describing how it ...

... pair of shoes. We are now taking the youths to have a well deserved pedicure and manicure before we set off for Entebbe tomorrow. The hotel in Entebbe has a swimming pool and all mod con’s so that we can all sit and relax for a day before we set ...

... ! Love Margaret. From Katy: The whole week has now gone. We are away on safari and are now staying on a GEORGEOUS hotel. Yesterday we went to church to watch the baptism of some orphans. It was really lovely although slightly long (2hours)!!!  ...

... didn't look the right size or shape, so my day has been spend with my leg up and having food brought to me, ph yea and on laods of painkillers :-) Got some washing done for 5 US dollars and all the staff in the hotel are praying for my fast recovery ...

Margaret's Blog Hi everybody! To catch up: we all had a great time at Paraa Lodge. Back at Crown Hotel, where last night we had our 'Britain’s Got Talent’ competition. Karen was compare. Natalie, Lucy and Tash did a sketch on Karen, Theo and ...

... on safari the other day, we saw a lioness and her two cubs – they were so adorable! We are now back at the Crown Hotel, and are going to Kampala on Sunday, and then home on Wednesday. We’re doing a ‘Britain’s got Talent’ ...

... hours in the bus, we finally got to the River Nile. It is truly a majestic river, and it was wonderful crossing it. The Hotel we stayed in was absolutely wonderful: the hot water was hot, the light bulbs emitted light, and we felt thoroughly taken care ...

... tanned including me. I have to say that I am missing John & Jessica. Jessica you will be pleased to know that Lottie, Ellen & Ali's hotel room is as bad as yours. When we get back to Hoima the internet is very slow and is a pain to use so all of ...

... , but it would be better than still having a risk of paying 180 US collectively. Friday after the workshop Kevin picked us up at our hotel, where we were met by Chris and April, the two that would be running the workshop the second week. Eight of us piled ...

Katy's Update - Ello! Ello! So far so good you will be glad to hear we are on our 3rd day here and I have already choosen a child to take home! His name is Fiesel. Uganda is EXACTLY how I remember it and I have decided that later in life I need a house ...

... . Once we had checked it out on land took a boat tour up to it as well.  Got to Masindi and went to the Masindi Hotel – 'The oldest and finest hotel in Uganda’, (GPS 1°41’31”N 31°42’53”E) – which is ...

... all us passengers still on board, and this did make for a very uncomfortable journey indeed. We finally reached our destination, Masindi, at 6pm, rather exhausted and our senses battered, but very relieved! Masindi is a sleepy little town with the usual ...

... for most of the journey. The road out of Budongo was dirt but it was all good, undamaged dirt road. We got into Masindi and stopped for petrol, etc and found a little bustling junction town. There's probably not much there except hotels to break up ...

... relaxing at Bunyonyi crater lakes before crossing into Rwanda to Kigali. Nitty Gritty: From Kampala we travelled north west to Masindi, the gateway town to Murchison Falls National Park. The bus from Kampala took 2.5hours to fill up with passengers ...

... morning to get a ride. Having waited around for an hour and a half we eventually jumped on the back of a truck going to Masindi and were finally back in civilisation.  Although it was a lot of fun doing the visit the way we did without ...

... on each others laps.) . After Lira, we transferred to two other matatus in two other cities before arriving in a town called Masindi about ten hours later and with about an inch of dust covering our entire bodies. We spent the night in Masindi, took ...

... 20km to Masindi. The couple of rides I'd done cross country really got me thinking it's be nice to buy a motorbike again :-) From Masindi it was back on the public transport and a Matatu to Hoima was my first leg. This was my first long distance trip ...