Kampala, Uganda

Early start (4:30) today. We packed up our tents and then hit the road for Kampala, Uganda. A long day of driving (11 hours). We make a few stops, but there’s hours on end of driving in between. And it’s impossible to get a decent coffee anywhere.

At 2pm we rolled into Java House which was a welcome surprise. Finally, good coffee! And we only had a few hours left of driving. We made it to the camp site around 5pm, and not long after news spread around the group of a couple who were recently murdered on their gorilla trekking tour. Whilst I still felt “safe”, it is unsettling to hear about these kinds of things happening, to tourists doing exactly the same thing you are, in exactly the same place.

We had some beers by the pool, and welcomed some new campers into our group during dinner. Tomorrow it’s another early start and a long day of driving, but at least there’s a good coffee stop along the way.