Kampala’s Swimming Pool Survey
Pickling myself poolside! It just calls to me! Ain’t that pretty! ISO: A cutie to direct me Now while my friends in Washington DC are watching a freak snowstorm dust the city, I’m on the lookout for something a lot more fun: the best swimming pool in Kampala. This task…
Read MoreUgandans Don’t like Bush Either
Ugandans understand the horror of a stupid President Pray for peace Too busy to hate After my Ethiopia Experience, I’ve returned to Uganda so that when I leave Africa in mid-April, I’ll leave on a good note. In that, I’ve been having some of the most interesting conversations with the…
Read MoreBirthday Boy on the Boat
It’s not 30, but 29 for the second time! Swab the deck, matie! Here I am, turning twenty-nine for the second time, while crossing Lake Victoria on a bucket of bolts that would do the ‘Africa Queen’ proud. In between kamikaze mosquito attacks, I wonder what I am doing here….
Read MoreWhite-Knuckle Rafting the Nile
Oxygen is under-rated when you swallow half the Nile While the locals tease her by going over the many rapids just holding onto plastic jerry cans, we, the intrepid white-water rafters from distant lands, are going to challenge the mighty Nile River’s rapids in life vests, helmets, big boats, and…
Read MoreJust Kicking It in Kampala
Don’t let the Kampala Tax Man get ya! Watch it, Buddy! pick one, any one! mugging for the camera not the nightlife I wanted… Today I’m gonna take you on a little tour of Kampala, Uganda’s equatorial capital, and the fun starts even before I step out into the equatorial…
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