When I first arrived at the airport at Entebbe, I thought my journey was over. Little did I know that I had a 6 hour minibus journey ahead of me! The population of the bus was mystifyingly small. There was Betty (not my line manager but my immediate senior – she was my friend and teacher in Kenya before she became Program manager here) and also 2 drivers. This may have been uneconomical but at least it meant I could lie on the back seats and get some rest. I woke up at about 7pm for a pit stop. Do not imagine a service station, rather a toilet block, hidden behind some shops (I had to wonder whose toilet it was?!) and many hawkers selling (amongst other things) baked plantain (savoury bananas) and barbecued chicken. This roadside food really was top notch and I began to think that food in Uganda wouldn’t be so bad after all.
The hotel here isn’t too bad either. There’s hot and cold
running water (although in practice there’s rarely any difference between the
two advertised temperatures), I’ve got a double bed, and the smooth but
unfamiliar flooring material doesn’t appear to be concrete – you can put your
possessions on it without having to clean them after.
It's a good start!
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