Well, after two nights in a suburb of Entebbe I hired a car to come up to Kampala. When I say suburb, read villiage. Susan my host was wonderful. Beautiful room but a bit isolated from Entebbe. It was wonderful waking up to a view of Lake Victoria. That is another thing I knew, as a young child, I would one day see. Susan arranged my ride with Jude. He brought me here to the backpacker's hostle and then on an ATM run. I didn't bring too much cash with me so I'll be using ATM's for expenses I van't place on plastic. Jude informed me that Barclays nd Standard Charteed are the most reliable ATM's here.
Tomorrow Jude will be collecting me at 07:00 to drive me to Kliembe, at the foot of the Rwenzori mountais. I'll have a free day there before my trek. I think I'll fid more to do in a smaller village than this city of nearly 2M folks. I was hoping to go online and look for a flight from Entebbe to Zanzibar. Unfortuntely the wifi is down here. It seems toi be a common issue in Ugnda. The servie itself is unreliable and on top of that the hosts don't always keep their accout recharged. So I don't know if I'll be able to do so. That could impact my decisions. The big take away hee is when raveling to Uganda do your research before hand. Of course I would still keep a felxible schedule though. I was considering taking a bus to Kliembe but was concened aboutt the safety of my duffles. I have gear for cold weather and snow that I can't easily replace here. Jude is taking me there for far less that half the cost I was quoted by the tour operator.
OK, wifi is back up so I am posting this now while I am able.
Cheers!!
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