We camped at the Bunyoni Overland Resort, which had immaculate gardens and was just a few minutes’ drive from Idi Amin’s bombed out former holiday home.

We had a smooth boatride across the lake, where we met our truck for a very bumpy ride over washed-out, steep roads to Rwanda. We had a rather “Wages of Fear” moment when we met a petrol tanker on a steep, narrow part of the road, and had to squeeze right past it.

The children in this area are adorable. They all chant “How are you? How are you? I am fine. I am fine,” when you pass them on the road. One little boy was so excited to say hello to us that he threw himself to the ground in a fit of giggles.

We’re staying at the Red Chili Hideaway in Bugolobi, a 10 minute cab journey out of Kampala. It has a troupe of monkeys that live in the trees around the compound – some great photos on Janette’s Flickr.
There are also birds I haven’t seen before (some peccaries?), and four varieties of local beer.

As we’re in the suburbs the streets are tarmacked, but it’s hard packed dirt on either side, with lots of people walking. Lots of small motorcycles (pizza bikes in London), carrying insane amounts of chickens / plantains / wood / a car windshield / you name it.

The children all wave and say ‘goodbye’ as they pass, and everyone else seems very friendly.

There are lots of overlanders at the Red Chili: Oasis Overland, Africa Trails, and our Dragoman truck got there this morning. We start the trip on Monday.