Of my R&R...

Well, hallo and welcome to July! Been a while, i am doing fab just from a relaxing stay in Uganda, had a really good time. When i traveled though it wasn't really meant to be a safari but alas. So i traveled on a Wednesday evening, got to Kampala, Uganda's capital on Thursday morning. I wanted to visit Entebbe first but plans changed and found myself on a three hour journey to Masindi. I got there and there was no cell reception for safaricom calls and it was on roaming which is quite expensive so i figured changing my line to the country's preffered line would be cheaper. First thing i did was check in to an MTN shop, registered for a line loaded airtime and called my host. Wasn't a really long wait before i was picked up, i was hungry so we checked into a Masindi hotel for lunch cum dinner.

Chilled for a while around the town, then headed to Budongo eco lodge in some forest in the heart Queen Elizabeth National park. The place was breathtaking, along the way i spotted lots of baboons and when we got there i was received by really courteous staff, the cabins were exceptionally clean, the place quiet and tranquil...i loved it. There was no cell receptio at all , just lots of trees and butterflies and chimps, lizards and i really don't know how i survived but the environment grew on me. Wasn't hungry so headed to the cabin, had a hot shower and just chilled. 

Friday, i sat by my verandah and listened to the chimps jump from one tree to the next while i read my novel. In the evening we decided to go checkout Masindi night life which is a 45min drive from the lodge.We decided on back to life which is just a local but the music was good. AK47 another club was already closed when we got there, so we bought roadside chicken, ate and headed back. I slept through most of my Saturday, had dinner sat around catching up and called it a night. Sunday, we decided to go for a drive down to Murchison falls, which are a magnificent sight by the way, made me regret why i forgot to carry a camera....who does that?

I decided to try my skills on a 4*4 manual driven car and nearly rolled it over. We took a boat over river Nile to Paraa lodge, breathtakingly beautiful place, we sat by the pool and had a few drinks. We moved over to Red Chilli another really nice camping place had a few then drove back to our lodge. I was exhausted and it was late so i just slept and Mon jus went by so did the rest of the days, i'd wake up, chill, take in the scenery and just have a relaxing time. On Friday though, decided to travel to Kampala, got there pretty late, but since i was in the city got into some bar and decided to drink.

It turned into a fun-fillled night cause we went to Venom a really nice club in the city, then to posh and then called it a night in the wee hours of the morning. Woke up still high and cause i really wanted to visit Entebbe just 34km from Kampala, hopped into a taxi and left. Got there, met my pal and before i could sit or take a breath from the hour long journey we were at a beach having drinks. I loved the beach, man-made or not...it was awesome. We took a trip around Entebbe as my pal showed me around the beaches, we settled for Speenah beach, after a few drinks we moved to the heart of the city to a club called Amazon.

Amazon turned out to be a strip club :-O ha! Don't ask, i had a great time all the same, made a few friends then went home. Next morning, went to Sesse beach, had lunch and i had to travel back to Kampla because my bus was leaving that evening.  I have been to Uganda three or four times before but this hands down was the most memorable. I have to go back really soon, for now...back to reality. Keep warm...xoxo!