so many hills…

12th November 2016

My first Saturday in Uganda started off with a 3 hour walk/hike to nearby Lake Mutanda… As you can see from the pictures, nowhere is flat here, so it was an excellent workout (might actually manage to get into some sort of shape whilst here!) even though I cheated by having a guide who carried my overnight bag – thanks Kacere! …or Joseph… People here all have a local and an English name.

I arrived at Lake Mutanda Resort where a very nice room and a warm shower was waiting for me, followed by an excellent lunch of pumpkin soup and a cheeky banana cake as dessert. The views for lunch were spectacular!

Now relaxing on the restaurant balcony – being all alone is giving me a chance to think about next year for the first time since I left London. I still have not planned anything for after Christmas and all of a sudden I am thinking of a lot of different options… Bugger! Have to make some decisions… but me and decisions… Hopeless!! 🙄
Time to make a list! 😄

The rains starts falling – it has rained every day since I got here, sometimes for hours, sometimes for 15 minutes. It is so peaceful…in spite of the many sounds around me… thunder rumbling in the distance, the wind disturbing the leaves on the trees, children’s voices from a canoe in the lake, birds singing – and so many different birds! – goats making themselves heard and the rain falling on the balcony roof. Wow! Actually it’s better than wow – just don’t know the right word! Every day I cannot believe how lucky I am!