Having all arrived on time at LHR at 7am we checked in 3 tons of kit. After a sumptuous breakfast of toast and coffee and some duty free shopping for Liquoriice Allsorts, we boarded SS Galaxy and headed for Uranus. For an intergalactic starship it looked more like a regular 767 with BA crew! I guess that’s why it was only half and the films were in English without subtitles!
By some twist of fate instead we arrived at Entebbe with all 14 bags of kit! That was a miracle and so was the drive to Kampala – a miracle we survived the traffic and the potholes (worse than Sussex’s!).
We left behind a cold damp grey England and the humidity and 25C hit us as we walked across the tarmac. Driving along the northern shores of Lake Victoria we headed for paradise and sure enough we arrived at the Pacific Hotel – a little oasis in the middle of some dodgy back street. (I’ve had a word with the Project Leader and he’s promised us Paradise on the Nile tomorrow!)
So we settled down for a few beers and decided tactics for tomorrow. Three of us have been invited to play a 20/20 game at Lugogo tomorrow so an early night at 2ish.
Update for the Czech readers:
Po pekne pohodlnem letu jsme konecne dorazili do Entebbe a odtud autobusem do Kampaly. V nedeli nas ceka cesta do mesta Jinja, kde stravime 5 dni s uciteli a detmi.