Zebra, chilli and the Tardis...

Early start with final packing and working out how the four of us plus Anthony and all our bags could fit into Esther's little Toyota Starlet.  Then having used various principles from Houdini's reference on Contortionist tricks we succeeded - it was a bit like the Tardis seeing so much fit into so small a car.  We then set off wondering if we would negotiate the rugged road but blessed by a parting prayer from Esther we found it did very well.  It took 1 hour 20 minutes to reach Rubaale on the murram road, a distance of 18 miles, but then much better on the tarmac, albeit broken in places.

We were blessed to see three zebra close to the road as we skirted the Lake Mburo National Park between Mbarara and Masaka, they looked healthy and the markings were beautiful.

Stopped for a break in Masaka and smiled as the TV in the background was showing Man U vs Spurs!  Premier league football seems very popular in Uganda and in Kisiizi too.  We had laughed before leaving UK at the response to our question "is there anything the hospital needs us to bring" when the first response [yes, from Dr Francis!] was "footballs please!".

Over the equator back into the northern hemisphere, on past people holding up fresh tilapia caught in nearby Lake Victoria, on where the road is being worked on, then finally into the outskirts of Kampala.  Journey time around 9 hours including breaks to that point.

Round the northern bypass then on very broken road into east Kampala to the Red Chilli guest house where we had booked a small "cottage".  It's a place mainly used by tourists so a very odd feeling after living in Kisiizi.  Also odd that many people here don't understand Rukiga if we try and speak it.

So here we are, power is on at present [it gets rationed on a rota basis in Kampala] and linked to the internet via an Orange dongle.
Tomorrow we hope to go to Jinja and see the Nile with the girls.