Sunset Over Kiwoko - for a short time

This is our last blog for 3 weeks.

We have returned to England to go to a friend’s wedding. This means we have had to say goodbye for a short time to our friends in Kiwoko – but we believe that at least the temperature in England will be similar to what we have become used to over the last 3 months.

 

Because we catch an early morning flight from Entebbe we stayed at the Airport Guest House. This is run by the same tour company as the Travellers Rest Hotel, our favorite dining place in Kisoro. The former hotel manager from Kisoro, Jan, (pronounced Yan), now works from the Guest House so it was a chance for us to catch up with him and to share memories of the French. (This refers to a book we borrowed from him entitled ‘1,000 years of annoying the French’).

 

This week’s bug is a large fly which visited our Kiwoko home, but made a crash landing on its back. Fortunately our BA flight was less dramatic!

 

This week’s Swahili proverb from the BBC Africa web-site is from Liberia  “The sun will shine on those who are standing before it shines on those who are sitting”

Gone, but she's not forgotten!

You ay have noticed last wee that the blog was posted several days late. Malcolm had written it on time, but forgot to ‘Publish’. The problem was that Irene wasn’t around to keep an eye on him. She had gone with Jenny and Jojo to Kampala for a week and had to point out when she returned that the blog hadn’t been published.

The road to Kampala crosses the equator as we travel from south to north. There is no great ceremony at the crossing, but there is a marker so you can tell when you become ‘northerners’ again.



The road to Kampala has some other interesting sights. There doesn’t seem to be any law on weight limits, so lorries can be loaded up, and then you pile people on top and charge them a fare. 'Room for one more on top!'



It was also Irene’s birthday. As 'usual' she was abroad on her birthday again. However, she wasn’t forgotten and received presents from several friends and family.





That evening we went to celebrate at Traveller’s Rest Hotel. ‘Conveniently’ there was another regular power cut which meant we dined by candle light – very romantic.



On the Kampala road, Irene did see a sign which she particularly enjoyed. The sign writer clearly forgot his dictionary.



This week’s proverb from the BBC Africa web-site is from Ghana:

"When your grandmother tells you something, don’t run to your mother to ask if it's the truth”