Category: Travel
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Dreaming with Reckless Abandon
$1,000,000 to my name calls for spending with reckless abandon, without a care. I mean I am a millionaire in US dollars! It’s time to whisk off my family and the girls to Paris for a two weeks vacation! We have a first class flying experience and check- in at Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg then…
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Anywhere with Great Company
Whether it’s a visit to the village, Whether it’s vacationing at the most luxurious hotels, Whether it’s to a coveted exotic destination in my nation or the world, I would like to travel there in the company of people I love. The most ordinary of visits become memorable when shared with loved ones. The grandest…
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If I could have any job
If I could have any job in the world, I would be a teacher of English and Literature. My eyes light up every time I am in a school setting. I keep imagining what it would be like to address students in class, meetings, at assemblies and around the school compound. What would it feel…
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Let’s Talk Street Food
I have just stepped out of a taxi from Jinja to Mukono and the first thing I have smelt is eggs, the ones for a Rolex. Immediately my stomach enzymes start to dance. My eyes are then met with roasts of all kinds; Gonja(plantain), chicken, beef, sausages. If you don’t know what you want to…
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Sleepovers
”Olinga taxi enkaile.”(You are like an old taxi). Fondly my father would tell me. You see, passengers of an old taxi can never tell where it’s going to abruptly stop in their journey, thus my father decided to liken me to one. Several days each week, I called to let him know I was going…
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Around Uganda in 7 days
What’s the most exciting adventure you have ever been on? My recent one is traveling around Uganda in 7 days from the East to the West, then North and back to Eastern Uganda. My fellow campers and I had an adventurous memorable week. A boat cruise in which we constantly reminded ourselves to balance the…