Day 1 - Just getting there
We set off from school just after 2pm with Mr Pellereau (in tropical
shorts!) driving the minibus. Traffic was heavy on the motorway
especially around Reading. Reached Heathrow terminal 3 about
5pm and dropped off Liz, David and Louise who had to travel Ethiopian
Airways via Addis Ababa. They had been bumped off our Kenyan Airways
flight at the last minute. The rest of us moved on to
terminal 4.
The flight left London at 8.15pm or 10.15pm Ugandan time.
Flying through the night we tried (mostly unsuccessfully) to
get some sleep and arrived in Nairobi around 6.20am. The
photos show the airoplane at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta airport, and us
enjoying(!) a 5 hour stopover. The mango juice drink was gorgeous
though.
Once we moved to the boarding lounge most of us lay on the floor and
tried to get some sleep. Al Groom was still full of bounce,
however, and John was too posh to lie on the floor!
Eventually it was time to board and the plane took us to Entebbe
arriving about noon. The bus from the Kabira Club was waiting
for us and soon we were squeezed aboard and had a most exciting drive
into Kampala - our first taste of Uganda.
The Kabira Club turned out to be really luxurious and we were soon
chilling by the pool or enjoying our accommodation. In the
evening some old friends dropped by. The last photo shows
John looking dodgy - don't know why.
Some video clips:
MVI_0284.wmv
MVI_0285.wmv
MVI_0286.wmv
MVI_0290.wmv
Click on the pictures for a larger view. And if you went on
the trip and have any comments, email me at chris.leigh at the usual
school email address or click
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