RWENZORI MOUNTAINS Lyndsey here, the past week the three of us have been in the Rwenzori mountains in the far west of the country (8 hours by bus), this is the third largest mountain range in Africa and home to Mt Margarita the second highest in Uganda after Mt Elgon. We were there to do one of the smaller two day treks in the area - the big ones lasting up to 7 days cost a small fortune ($500 +), money I do not have at the moment! It is interesting that despi...

SSESE ISLANDS Lyndsey here, Nic wrote a bit about her time on the Ssese Islands… it is such an amazing place I really wanted to write more (not being a zoologist she also failed to mention the amazing abundance of wildlife!)… The Ssese Islands are an archipelago of 84 islands in the north of Lake Victoria, about a 3 hour ferry ride away from Entebbe and are nothing less than a tropical island paradise, no, more an undiscovered island paradise and a relativ...

Nicola here! I've managed to fulfill one of my long term Ugandan aims! I've always wanted to drive a boda boda (a motor bike that acts as a taxi) and now I can say that I have done! Woop! This came about when we were all on the ferry over to Kalangala, the main Ssese Island, we shoved our stuff down by the edge of the boat to look out over the water and Pieran noticed that one of the card board boxes among the mass of other people's stuff actually moved by i...

KAMPALA Lyndsey here again, I know I keep saying it, but wow - I love Uganda soo much! The past week has been incredible! I think Nicola talked about the world cup and the bomb blasts in Kampala - that was a pretty scary time… the director of Nicola's primary school took us out to a posh pub in Kampala for the match, it was great atmosphere with most people supporting Holland, but me and Nic got pretty board by the end - I just wanted someone to win!Right at t...

Hello, Nicola here :) I am love love loving being back in Uganda! It is definitely a home away from home from me and I've slipped right back into the life style. Its difficult to describe the feeling I felt as I walked down the steps from the plane after touching down at Entebbe Airport - just a happiness and contentment, like I belong! Its great seeing all my friends and my class again. Lyndz mentioned it before in a previous blog how my pupils performed ...