Uganda

My first stop in Uganda was the capital city of Kampala. Its a beautiful city, very green and I managed to do a fair bit of shopping. I even treated myself to a pedicure - who's says travelling through Africa has to be hardcore. We stayed for a couple of nights at the side of Lake Bunyoni - such a picturesque place. The lake has many islands on it. One of which is known as prisoner island. This is where they would take unmarried pregnant girls and leave them to die. If a local chap couldn't find a wife he could go to the island and take a woman if he could find one alive - nice! Another island is being put to much better use - it is a community for orphaned children, they are given homes and schooling. We went to visit the children, they were adorable but they did almost kill me in an intense game of tickling!
We also visited the town of Jinja. This is on the shore of Lake Victoria and is in fact the source of the Nile. There are grade 5 rapids here which many of our group ventured into but I gave the white water rafting a miss this time. Just to liven things up a bit, before pulling into the campsite in Jinja the group as a whole decided to celebrate Tranny Tuesday and we all swapped clothes. The boys, it has to be said, did look better in the dresses than the girls usually do! The girls got to spend the evening scrathing their crotches and burping loudly. Its fair to say we did make an impression at this particular campsite....