This is a large lake in the southwest of Uganda. Its maximum depth is said to be 900 meters, but Wikipedia is not so sure about that. There are 29 islands, including one where unmarried pregnant women were banished. It’s called Punishment Island and it’s not much larger than my living room. Punishment indeed. Hiking…

It’s a long way from Kampala to Kabale, 10 hours in a long-distance bus. I decided to get it over with because I couldn’t find stops along the way that interested me enough to spend a night there. Buses are not much more comfortable than matatus, quite crowded. It’s frequently stopping in small villages. Each…

Kampala is the capital of Uganda. It’s a large and busy modern city, with chaotic but not overwhelming traffic. (Well, it’s Sunday.) The central matatu bus terminal is the largest I have ever seen, and it’s one of several. The king’s palace is still in use but the grounds can be visited. The king’s Mercedes,…

The source of the Nile river is in Jinja at Lake Victoria. (The White Nile – there is a shorter tributary in Ethiopia called the Blue Nile but I guess there wasn’t enough space on all the signs to explain that.) Tha matutu ride from Kisumu in Kenya via the border town of Busia is…