Photo here with Martin Geisler from ITN (South African Correspondent) who I met first in Pakistan went we went on a military tour of North Warizistan. See we do get on.... through gritted teeth. Strangely taken in the hotel bar - which like the rest of the hotel was bare and still smelt of wet cement.
When Dan, our producer from the South African Bureau, booked in a couple of days before we arrived he went to his room and found nothing - when I mean nothing - nothing - no furniture at all not a bean - or a bed - nada. He changed rooms. Still by the time we got there only one set of lifts were working so huge queues to get anywhere. The carpet on my floor was still being laid as I moved in. The restaurants couldn't cope. In fact I can't think of anything worse for the poor hotel staff - most of them new to the job - to be faced with hundreds of guests - and journalists to boot, all wanting everything - NOW! If the hotel is that full again I'll be amazed. Seemed like a huge white elephant.
At last I got a chance to take some more photos - on the way to the airport no less. Whilst waiting in the early morning traffic in down town Kampala there was a preacher in the middle of the road, bible in hand ensuring that we wouldn't be dammed.... possibly too late.
Two up - well when you to get there, then you go by what ever means possible. Better than on the handle bars, especially when drunk and speeding down hill - but that's another story from a very long time ago.
Not sure why this was on this side of the bridge as we were going to the airport - not coming from it....
As for the Nile Beer - from the source of the Nile no less - we passed the brewery when going a couple of days before. Perhaps that is why the source is so wide - to make beer out of. Drinking it was relatively pleasant - it was cold and had the desired effect - so job done.
Passing countryside.. beautiful and green.
Lake Victoria - which looked beautiful and tranquil - a shame we didn't have more time to stop and admire it properly.
I love sign like these...
And it must work as I did not see any ones shoulders being driven on at any time.
Just outside Entebbe airport, no bullet holes in the buildings we went to... was another small sign for beer.
Undisputed Champion - ah yes. The day before when we had nothing else to do as both Charles and the Queen had left and our flight wasn't until the next day we went 10 pin bowling. Well what else do you do when by the banks of one of the greatest lakes in the world.
Back to the bowling - after some very intense competition I came out as the Undisputed Champion of the Royal Media Ugandan 2007 tour. The fact that only Sarah, Tim (a snapper) and myself were playing - two games only - one I won, the other drew - is, I think irrelevant quite frankly.
