Uganda and Bukoba
When we returned to our hotel we used the internet and found out that our flight to Entebbe, Uganda was delayed from 9 AM to 8 PM. This posed for a little inconvenience since our driver was coming at 7 AM to bring us to the airport, but it ended up being O.K. At the airport we found that the check-in for Air Uganda was at 5 PM so we had about a nine hour wait in the Nairobi airport lobby, but it was still fun! We did a lot of people-watching because people from all over the world were flying out of Nairobi to various places and it was just really interesting.
Eventually we boarded our flight and Air Uganda (along with Ethiopian Air which brought us from Washington D.C. to Nairobi) had such a nice flight crew! I feel like overall everyone is so nice here! Anh tells me I’m too trusting, which could potentially get me in trouble, but everyone keeps me in check. I just feel so bad some times and want to help them out by buying something or whatever, but I’m beginning to realize that some people just can’t be trusted!
We love Uganda! It’s a little bit more developed than Kenya and it’s b-e-a-utiful! Their airport was brand new and the bathrooms were so clean! (a slight change from our previous living arrangements, haha) Again, the hospitality was awesome. The security people knew we were coming and called Smart, the founder of COSAD, our partner, and our Tanzanian/American friend, to pick us up. Smart and our driver, Mattson, brought us to our hotel in Kampala, the “economic capital� of Uganda, and we spent the night. Kampala was crazy! We didn’t venture downtown or anything because it was late, but Smart says that it’s very, very crowded. Maybe on our way home we can drive through and see the city.
On Sunday we finally reached Bukoba, Tanzania, our final destination. Bukoba is a gorgeous city! The city itself is set in a valley along Lake Victoria, which is the world’s second largest freshwater lake behind Superior. Our house is way up in the hills and the walk to downtown is about 45 minutes but the view is so pretty and we pass many children on our way down that it makes it go by pretty fast. The city is pretty big and there seems to be a lot going on in the streets. I feel really safe and everyone is pretty friendly overall and they’re so relaxed. In Africa it seems that time doesn’t exist; there is no such thing as being busy like Americans are. It probably is a healthier, less stressful lifestyle, but now that we’re in Bukoba, our projects will keep us very busy!