Rest and Relaxation
So we got picked up at 5 am for our 6 am departure. None of the buses could leave until 6 am because it’s so near the Congo. I’m sure there is a really good reason why but I don’t get the logic.
Anyway, it took us 2 hours on the scariest bus ride – I mean the bus took the bumps that the minibus couldn’t take at an alarming rate. We were really glad it was dark for the first hour.
After we had breakfast at a place in Kabale we took boda-bodas to Lake Bunyoni. Let me just tell you – never again. Anything over a few blocks with a huge backpack on the back of a motorbike – not going to happen. Especially since we found out it was like $1 more to take a taxi…we stayed at a place called Lake Bunyoni Overland Camp – we mostly just did nothing for 3 days –
We tried to canoe in this dugout canoe (like a hollowed out tree), but we did what the locals refer to as the “Mzungu corkscrew” – let’s just say we went in circles and finally just headed back to the dock because we figured if we got into the middle of the lake there was no guarantee that we would actually make it back to the dock. Before dark. And it was noon when we started!
Oh, and we did hike up to this resort at the top of this hill one morning – really super views…we met this local guy and he became our unofficial tour-guide – which was probably a good thing considering the whole going up dirt roads thing and no signage…
The annoying thing about being “white” (that still trips me out) is that people want your e-mail address so they can come see you (on your dime of course), or fund an orphanage or some type of schooling…totally understandable but it kind of gets old after a while…
Anyway, we took a special-hire taxi back to Kabale after 3 days and then a 4 am bus to Kampala. The good thing about that early bus is they didn’t stop nearly as much (except for pee breaks) – so not as many snack breaks (I mean, do we need to stop every 30 minutes for a snack?)…
Tags: RTW Trip, Uganda
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