Finally in Africa!

Serious passengers

On thursday me and the other ActNow-ers from Hald left Norway. We'll be back after 7 months. Those going to East Africa met at Amsterdam airport and then travelled to Kampala together. Me and Lasse played games and ate a lot of food, so we had a pleasant flight. You'll never be hungry when travelling long distance with KLM. We had a short stop in Kigali, Rwanda.

Unserious passengers
Photo: Hanne Lilleberg

Before we left Norway we were told that when it is raining in Africa, everything stops because people need to find shelter. Then it was a bit funny that the bus picking up passengers at the airport in Kigali was late for one reason; the rain. When we finally landed on Entebbe airport near to Kampala, we were all quite tired. Luckily, everybody got their visum and their luggage. And contact persons from the different projects welcomed us warmly.

Happy ActNow-ers from left: Hanna Charlotte, Benedicte,
Lasse, Synne, Miriam, Seline, Benedicte. (I and Helene
 were busy loading the bus through the window.)
Photo: Hanne Lilleberg

Is East Africa ready for these people?

When we travelled from the airport we got a lot of new impressions from our bus seats: The hot climate, a lot of different smells, the moon looks different, bumpy roads, people everywhere, driving on the left side of the road, colourful buildings, palms, lizards to mention some. At our hotel in Kampala we were welcomed by the owner and some of the staff. They served us supper at twelve in the night. That's good service. After supper we went straight to bed under a mosquito net.