An architectural beauty ... despite the 'building materials'!

According to most guides and websites Kampala is a safe city ... compared to Nairobi, that is. And actually it felt (quite) safe to walk around, except if you did it at night. Then the streets are poorly lit and holes everywhere in the pavement become deadly traps. So much so that when a friend and I went out for dinner, we were forced to come back to the hotel in search of our torches!

However good fortune kept us away from danger during the few hours of the day we spent in the city. And at night, armed guards everywhere kept an eye on us (us=tourists) as long as you greet them warmly as it is customary in the country. And I mean 'everywhere' ... including most of the city's ATMs, where armed guards spend the night and protect your back while you get some cash out of the ATM (in exchange of a small tip!).


In any case, although a short visit, we had time to see a few of the city highlights including the buildings of the Buganda kingdom (in the pictures), one of the 4 kingdoms in Uganda until the unification of the country as a British protectorate.