My husband & I chronicled our adventures on a private Facebook group we created to keep friends & family up to date on all the latest happenings.
This is a re-cap & remembering of our journey ONE YEAR ago!!!!
***I AM PLAYING CATCH-UP RIGHT NOW, SO THERE WILL BE SEVERAL POSTS UNTIL I GET CAUGHT UP. ONE OF MY SISTERS IS IN THE HOSPITAL, SO I'VE BEEN SPENDING LOTS OF TIME IN THE CAR & THE HOSPITAL ROOM.***
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| View from the hotel on our safari. Lakes Victoria & Albert. |
May 26, 2012 - post written by my husband
Bethany will write about our day today and the safari tomorrow. In the meantime, here are some things about Uganda I've noticed:
1-The lines on the the roads are merely suggestions.
2-Speed limit? What speed limit?
3-The second place we were staying at was supposed to be a nice hotel. There was a dead lizard on the wall our first night there.
4-Don't eat the goat on a stick. Grasshoppers are ok.
5-Deodorant is optional...mostly ignored.
6-Goats and cows have the right of way.
7-You can carry a casket on the back of your motorcycle.
8-When your car breaks down, mechanics show up on the side of the road and fix it there.
9-Everyone honks at everyone, but there seems to be no road rage.
10-When you order your food at a restaurant, you will get it two hours later....even if it is just a toasted ham and cheese sandwich.
11-After you drink a coke, you have to give the glass coke bottles back.
12-Little children love to laugh and smile and wave and yell "Mzungus!" at us. Mzungu means white person.
13-It is beautiful here. Very lush, and the heat is more than tolerable. Nothing like Georgia heat. I understand why it is called "The Pearl of Africa."
14-If you are 15 feet from a wild lion and it growls, that is scary.....very scary.
15-There is no such thing as water pressure and hot water is a luxury.
16-Light fixtures are rare. Mostly just a single bulb hanging from the ceiling.
17-I've only seen three red lights so far. That includes driving around in the capital city of Kampala.
18-I could not drive here. It is crazy.
19-Novida and Krest are awesome! {carbonated drinks}
20-A banana leaf makes a great umbrella.
1-The lines on the the roads are merely suggestions.
2-Speed limit? What speed limit?
3-The second place we were staying at was supposed to be a nice hotel. There was a dead lizard on the wall our first night there.
4-Don't eat the goat on a stick. Grasshoppers are ok.
5-Deodorant is optional...mostly ignored.
6-Goats and cows have the right of way.
7-You can carry a casket on the back of your motorcycle.
8-When your car breaks down, mechanics show up on the side of the road and fix it there.
9-Everyone honks at everyone, but there seems to be no road rage.
10-When you order your food at a restaurant, you will get it two hours later....even if it is just a toasted ham and cheese sandwich.
11-After you drink a coke, you have to give the glass coke bottles back.
12-Little children love to laugh and smile and wave and yell "Mzungus!" at us. Mzungu means white person.
13-It is beautiful here. Very lush, and the heat is more than tolerable. Nothing like Georgia heat. I understand why it is called "The Pearl of Africa."
14-If you are 15 feet from a wild lion and it growls, that is scary.....very scary.
15-There is no such thing as water pressure and hot water is a luxury.
16-Light fixtures are rare. Mostly just a single bulb hanging from the ceiling.
17-I've only seen three red lights so far. That includes driving around in the capital city of Kampala.
18-I could not drive here. It is crazy.
19-Novida and Krest are awesome! {carbonated drinks}
20-A banana leaf makes a great umbrella.
***I despise lizards, so finding one on the wall in our hotel room was FREAKING me out! I had also totally forgotten that it would take us 2 hours to get our order!!! Our group never quite seemed to time our meals correctly. We always went when we were hungry, & then by the time they served us we were ill & ravenous!***
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