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Rafting The White Nile
/3 Comments/in Africa, Travelogue, Uganda /by allanWith the sprawl and dusty of Kampala fading in my rearview I navigate Doc around bicycles, pedestrians, cows, donkeys, trucks, and throat-clogging and eye-burning puffs of diesel smoke until coming to the bridge that crosses the Mighty Nile where the mighty river sources its water and Lake Victoria. I’ve made it from the bottom to […]
Kampala For Business of Visas
/0 Comments/in Africa, Travelogue /by allanThe Uganda capital is a bustling, dusty and noisy traffic jam of taxis, mini-busses and lines of nondescript shops touting electronics, cameras, clothing, souvenirs and more. And I can’t forget the motorcycle taxis – these dangerous, helmetless kamikazes that sometimes pile 3 or 4 people to a small chinese motorcycle. In Kampala, my residence for […]
Yes! We Have No Bananas – Taking the Banana Route to Kampala
/2 Comments/in Africa, Travelogue, Uganda /by allanAfter a tranquil stay on Lake Bunyonyi I made my way to the Uganda capital, Kampala, crossing the equator for the second time during my journey. But unlike Ecuador’s equatorial monument, the Ugandan version was more modest — and more interesting. Here at the equator in Uganda there were three large funnels which emptied into […]
Things Uganda and/or Rwanda and/or Africa.
/0 Comments/in Africa, Travelogue, Uganda /by allanPaint is expensive. Construction takes time. Materials are hard to come by. Roads are bad. Trucks are slow and most deteriorating and bad on fuel economy and even worse for the environment. Some towns, rather most towns in Africa look like they were started witha good idea but then left to the whim of some […]
You Gotta Uganda!
/0 Comments/in Africa, Rwanda, Travelogue, Uganda /by allanWith the gorillas still hanging in the trees clinging to the steep volcanoes behind me, I made my way to the Uganda border. It’s this last stretch of 100km that hasn’t seen interntational support funds — for the road at least. The road from Kigali to Katuna in Uganda ranks up there with one of […]
The Lucky One?
/0 Comments/in Africa, Rwanda, Travelogue /by allanHappy that my friend Mr. Bashi set me up in modest but nice room convenient and in proximity to the wireless access point, Gorillas Hotel in Kigali is the first in many weeks that offers free wireless internet for its guests. Eager to update my blog while catch up on email I was happy to […]
Gorillas In The Mist of Rwandan Volcanoes
/5 Comments/in Africa, Rwanda, Travelogue /by allanWithout accommodation but armed with a permit to see the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda, I took my time riding the 150km toward Volcanos National Park. Following signs for a lodge, I soon found myself 30km away from the park and down a narrow muddy dirt track heading to a gorgeous lake. But it was too […]