In this blog post I described the walk from Muyenga, the suburb of Kampala in which I’m living, to the shores of Lake Victoria along a train line. Once you’re there you can take a boat ride on to the Lake and explore some of the nearby islands. So last Sunday that is what I did!
Very pleased to go with my friend and colleague Memory. Memory is our sports director and also runs classes for staff, my goodness they’re good! Even if I can’t walk for a day or two afterwards…. Here we are together:
Here is the boat we sailed, with Memory taking a selfie and our captain and crew Ali and Hassan:
I mentioned in this blog post that Kampala is built on hills, which is very obvious when you’re here but quite difficult to take pictures of. One of the things you get from being on Lake Victoria are great views of the city which do show this up, at least when you’re there, hope the pictures below show this to some extent:
When we go back again we may well explore the islands more, in the meantime, here they are from the water, with evidence also of the fishing which goes on:
And then lunch in Port Bell afterwards and a boda ride back to Muyenga. So a great day, thank you, Memory! Already we have plans to invite more colleagues and their families to join us with picnics. If you’re in Kampala and would like to come please let me know. Meanwhile, a couple more pictures to finish, thank you for reading.
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Hello Dr. Geoff. I like your adventures while in Kla. The trip must have been very interesting with the look of it from the pics. I can see the beauty of Kla. Wish l was around there so that l would join in the picnic.
Wishing you and the group safe rides in L. Victoria. Sorry to say due to the other incidence where very many young Ugandans perished during boat cruise, l tend to fear. Better check the conditions of these motor boats well also. (Am not discouraging but just expressing my personal fear plz).
All the best in the next rides.
Angucia
On Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 08:29 Geoff Tennant’s Blog wrote:
> gdtennant posted: ” In this blog post I described the walk from Muyenga, > the suburb of Kampala in which I’m living, to the shores of Lake Victoria > along a train line. Once you’re there you can take a boat ride on to the > Lake and explore some of the nearby islands. So ” >
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Thank you, Angucia, good to hear from you. Note your point about the dangers involved, as you can see from the pictures we were wearing life jackets whilst in the boat, also we did not go far from our starting point, Port Bell. The captain was reliable so if we go again we’ll ask him. Trust you have a good week ahead, Geoff
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