Ssese Islands
June 2, 2010
We managed a short visit to Ssese Islands before rushing back to Entebbe to organize new flights. British Airways is striking (no strikes like we have come to known them with lots of violence), so our flight on Monday is cancelled. It is a bit hard to do anything on an island that is missing both internet connection and Zain credit for our ugandan phones… So we’re back in Entebbe, AND we got a new flight and even get o Norway a few hours earlier than planned! Yay!
We stayed at Kalangala Island at Ssese Island Beach Resort – it looks like a resort on the outside. But even with very low expectations after half a year in Africa, the service was nonexisting to crappy! And the whole place had a very This Is Africa feeling about it.. Had some highlights though:
- No, there is no fish here, they all swim to Entebbe!
- The girls that came and had preyers for hours before baptising one of the girls in Bilharzia water and leaving early the next morning…
- The beach was beautiful and the sun was hot!!
- Ordering lunch at 11.30 am for 1 pm, and getting it at 2.30 pm…
- Lady standing outside our door at 7am saying Hello, hello, hello, hello. Ingrid saying Hello, lady saying, Hello, Ingrid: Hello? Me (to Ingrid): HALLO???!! (Still not quite awake). Ingrid getting out of bed, asking whats up, lady says Time is going! (oh really, you just realised??!). Ingrid: For what? Lady: The boat…. Ohhhhh, we ar enot leaving with the boat, not checking out today – thanks alot!
- On glass of Amarulla means a glass – a full wine glass! 
- And so on…
Also have to mention the worst guide ever taking us on a Boda ride around on the island.. Took us to the forest, so we could build memories from Africa, showing us the sun coming through the trees and a thousand leg on the ground! And to the other side of the island to prove for us that it was indeed an island with water on all sides of it………. I got his phonenumber if you are desperatly looking for a guide on Kalangala!
Now as I said we are back in Entebbe, not going anywhere from here I think, before going to Norway on Sunday.. It is pretty weird to think about! Actually my head is not quite functioning at the moment, must be due to too much sleep at Kalangala.. Ill upload some pics before we leave
