Up and on the road by 7:30am. Have had enough of Trudy the Terrible. Even last night Victor our tour leader commented to me that she was very talented. I asked at what to which he replied, non-stop talking and upsetting people. We left it at that. That was the last night I shared a tent with her. The roads we travelled today were little more than wide red soil tracks and as it had rained a bit overnight, they closed the road we were going on and ended up on these...

Up early and hit the road at 7:30am. A stop at a rural market was a highlight. Goats for sale, goats slaughtered and fresh meat for sale, every vegetable you can think of (and not) for sale. The biggest eggplant and avocados I have ever seen. All the tomato sellers in one section, cabbage in another, potatoes another etc etc. I bargained with a young man and bought some local fabric.We reached camp around 12:30pm had lunch and off to QENP for a boat tri...

Free morning today, and whilst the others went off on an optional walk it opted to stay in this beautiful botanical camp site for some peace and quiet and do my washing. Big wash bowls provided with a constant supply of clean, clear cold water. It was pure joy to have peace and quiet without the incessant barrage of ear-pollution from Trudy. She knows it all and barely takes a breath to make sure you hear all she has to say. But I digress. I take various photo...

Sleeping in a real bed is pretty good, at least we didn't have to put up and take down our tent so there was no attitude from my roomie! As we were all in one room I had 5 roomies last night. Bunk beds are fine but I am a slow learner and whacked my head a couple of times. As I have said, there is just miles and miles of sugar cane and they still burn off here. My bed was by the open window and the air hung with acrid smoke from these smoulderings. It w...

This will be a pretty boring day of driving, driving and more driving, interrupted only by our border crossing into Uganda which could take anything from from 1 to 3 hours. We are entering Uganda at Malaba which is the major border for all trucks entering Uganda, containers, petrol tankers, produce and the like, hence the not-so-speedy border formalities.On the road by 6:50am after packing up our tents, (no mean feat as they are big and heavy), and having break...