Mikkel Gottlieb - Africa 2009-2010

MS-Uganda Day 38: Easy day in Jinja

In 1 on January 20, 2010 at 10:37 am

We woke up at the dormitory around 8 o’clock, packed our bags, said goodbye to the Mexicans and then went away in order to have breakfast with Mie and Maria in the town. Unfortunately, the river rafting has drained my budget a lot, so I have only approximately 300,000 shs left at my home. It is quite frustrating that the others are not in the same situation as me (due to their family savings) so I am slightly annoyed that we often go to fancy places where you pay approx. 20,000 shs per. meal = 50-60  DKK. instead of the cheap restaurants. where you only pay around 2000 shs. = approx. 6 DKK. For that reason I had to borrow  money from Camilla in order to pay for breakfast and Internet Cafe. The life in Uganda is mostly cheap but the adventures and accomodation can easily drain your budget.

After spending one hour at the Internet Cafe I grabbed a coaster in order to go back to the family. A coaster is a bit cheaper than a matatu and reminds me alot of the buses in Denmark. Furthermore it is a bit more safe than a matatu due to the slow speed. When I finally reached Mukono it was getting dark, so I quickly found my boda-guy Edward and drove the remaining way to the village of Takajunge.  There, I walked the last few meters to my house before I jumped to bed.

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