Category: Travelling in Africa
-
Falling for Fort Portal
I lost my heart in Western Uganda to a small town set amidst emerald tea fields in the blue shadow of the mountains of the moon. We travelled up from Kampala by bus on a hot, sticky summer’s day. The road wound up and up, past pampas fields and random felt until, slowly, we found…
-
A night in Kampala
The first night in Kampala doesn’t really count. We only got in after midnight and then there was the long ride – with quick stop when the driver nearly broke the car going over a ditch – to the backpackers. We sat on the roof for a while, meeting each other for the first time,…
-
The girl in the red dress
The girl in the red dress is beautiful. She’s has engaging, dark, laughing eyes. She is shy. Her smile sneaks up and rushes across her face and makes everyone around her smile, too. She brightens a room without trying. The girl in the red dress hasn’t had it easy. She’s been through some of the…