Kampala

Our first impression of Uganda ... green and red. Green from the vegetation everywhere, and red the colour of the clay-like ground all around us. It is warm and humid (it has been raining heavily for the last few hours) and the truck taking us to Kampala has not got many mod-coms ... actually, it hasn't got any!

I love the small markets along the road. The smells of the fruits and vegetables, the colours of people's clothing, the sounds of people calling prices and trading goods ...


After just over an hour we arrive in Kampala, the capital city, where four-or-five-storey buildings replace the small mud-brick huts we were getting used to. Most of the roads are paved and jammed with traffic, so it takes us an extra hour to get to our hotel ... not without a few near-accidents with boda-bodas (motorbike taxis carrying up to 3 people and a baby!) and minibuses (covered with Japanese characters and crammed with people desperately holding to the sides the best they can).