Kampala, Uganda

No hurry in Africa
June 21, 2008 - Kampala, Uganda
Long lost stories – part 2  'No hurry in Africa' - How to avoid stress and burn-outs… A story inspired by a Ugandan passenger wearing a t-shirt with the brilliant words: ´No hurry in Africa´ (got this t-shirt for my birthday by the way :)) As you all know Africa is known for its relaxedness and ‘mañana/mañana-culture’. Take it...
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wet brains, hammocks and little bit of gin
June 21, 2008 - Kampala, Uganda
Well now, looks like its my turn again. I’ve got a load to write about so will try and keep it a lot shorter and sweeter than last time.   After arriving in arusha we got absolutely hounded by about a million safari touts all telling us we could go on a luxury safari for a dollar each etc, following us around and I was also lucky enough to...
Placed by Beth and Katie in Bish and Ellis on tour

It's a problem freeee, philosophy....Hakuna Matata
June 4, 2008 - Kampala, Uganda
Jambo jambo - we've moved on from Uganda now and are in Swahili speaking lands so our vague memories of the Lion King are coming in handy. Although there's only so far 'Asante Sana, squashed banana' will get us. It's been rather a long time since we last wrote so you're probably in for another epic tale - you lucky things! So, we fiiiinally...
Placed by Beth and Katie in Bish and Ellis on tour

Chickens and buses make good adventures...
April 24, 2008 - Kampala, Uganda
Hoi! I’m back! It usually takes a while to get my stories written and uploaded here… As ‘powerful’ days are quite rare in our house. And I’ve been ‘up country’ the last few days, so… I must warn you, this is gonna be a long story again. I can’t help it, I just go through so many adventures here, that I could even write a book...
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Getting married in Uganda...
April 10, 2008 - Kampala, Uganda
Don't worry, I didn't get married myself ;-) Although we’re becoming more and more Ugandan every week… 2 weeks ago, Allen (our supervisor from SchoolNet Uganda), took us to a traditional Ugandan event, called an ‘introduction’. Those introductions are organized for the families of the groom and bride to get acquainted with each other,...
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