I’m so far behind on my blog that it’s gone beyond the point of being funny. We’ve been in Uganda now for 3 months and it’s been interesting, welcoming, rewarding, friendly, hospitable, challenging, frustrating and great fun. Most of it … Continue reading
There’s a difference between ‘need’ and ‘want’. Families may want a television, but they need efficient, environmentally sound, faster, cheaper, less health-damaging ways of cooking (which may take up around 6 hours of the typical day). Women here don’t mind … Continue reading
It’s been pretty manic the last few weeks in the Southern Rwenzori Mountains. We’ve spent about 30% our time in Kasese at the AmahaWe Uganda (AWU) office working with the team to develop their document systems and project plans, since … Continue reading
It was difficult to leave Jinja (the town isn’t anything special, but The Nile is beautiful). Camping on the banks, with early morning views like this from The Penthouse made us want to stay longer. We didn’t stray far from … Continue reading
The Turkana tribal dancing went on past dusk and late into the night. It’s not so much ‘dance’ as foot-stamping, springing into the air and chanting. Is this where the Punk Rock craze got their inspiration? Probably not, or Punk … Continue reading
The Tribal Festival at Lake Turkana is held in Kenya’s old ‘Northern Frontier District’ renowned for warring tribes and roving bandits. It’s one of the bleakest, most remote regions of Kenya and it takes a hell of an effort to … Continue reading
We left our muddy hill camp at Maralal just after sunrise to pick up our Ascari (armed escort) ahead of another long, hard day’s drive. Unfortunately when we got to the Police HQ the Chief of Police was having his … Continue reading
We limped the car 30km from Ilariak camp into Narok town where Moses had found us a small workshop that could look at the chassis and the brakes. It was pretty basic but the owner / mechanic Paulo seemed confident … Continue reading
Just to ram home the lunatic driving on Serengeti tracks by some tour drivers, before we left Seronera Tumbili Camp we met a Kenyan chap. He’d just completed a 3-day Safari in Serengeti with a Saudi Prince and his entourage … Continue reading
Leaving Snake Park Camp for Ngorongoro Crater we briefly met a German family who recently flew their bike and home-made sidecar into Mombassa and are heading south. Nice guys, but they’ve got a real task on their hands – they’ve … Continue reading