A weekend in Kampala

For reasons that make most sense to ourselves we decided it was time to head off to Kampala for a weekend...
this sounds very jet setty, but the reality was a 10 hour plus drive

the equator - eagle eyes may spot that our GPS reads 00 degrees latitiude



1996 - a few huts, selling souvenirs, and warm fanta orange

2008 - a booming village of souvenir stalls, a hotel and the excellent Equation cafe http://www.aidchild.org/equation.asp

view from our bedroom

we arrived after dark and promptly got very lost in the big city - after finally finding our hotel http://www.holidayexpresshotel.com/we believed the Soundproofing on the website - but as we were located opposite a nightclub that went on until 6.30 am and the windows didn't fully close we had a noisy night - but slept surprisingly well (we got relocated for Saturday night)


Kampala is polluted, busy, noisy and yet the fact that it is lively, friendly and energetic makes it a pretty cool place to hang out, and we'll head back again for longer