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Sunday 20 May 2012

Ssesee Islands

It was one of those perfect lazy weekends away with friends. Good company, yummy food, gorgeous views, bike rides around the island and lots of lazing around the pool. I have never seen Lake Victoria looking so beautiful - the light glistened on the water and the distant hills made me think I was on a Mediterranean island, not one degree south of the Ugandan Equator. I have not photo-shopped these pictures - the water really was crystal clear! It's a shame we couldn't dip in the water for fear of being snapped by a crocodile!

I spent the weekend in a lovely house full of eclectic artwork on Bulago Island (one of the Ssesee Islands) just an hour away from Entebbe. I was there to celebrate a friend's 40th birthday and her five years spent in Uganda. We have all decided to go back in another forty years, but then we will be flying in on our private jets!

I seriously recommend a visit to One Minute South!





Cool wood carving!

Here's how I spent the night with Daniel Craig!

This view was my reward for climbing the hill!


Sunday 13 May 2012

Limbo Land


For many years, I had an anxiety dream involving my GCSE Geography coursework. In this dream, after having months to compile a folder full of surveys, maps and graphs, the morning of the due date would arrive and I would have absolutely nothing to show for it. In reality, this makes no sense as I always quite liked Geography and I distinctly remember putting all those sheets of paper together inside plastic pockets, with the sections subdivided by brightly coloured cardboard section dividers well in advance of the due date.

More recently, I have developed a new anxiety dream. This one does involve a more recent and realistic situation. This week I have woken up in the middle of the night a couple of times, reliving the moment of the ascent night of Kilimanjaro where I was quite literally gripped with fear and afraid to move either upwards or downwards. So what does this all mean?
Still a long way to go here then!

I am in limbo land at the moment. I have a mere six weeks left in Uganda, a few weeks holiday, then I set off on a whole new adventure to Singapore. I have a long list of things to do before I leave; from tying up loose ends at work, to selling or giving away the belongings I no longer need and organising shipping for the things I can’t let go of so easily. I also have to prepare myself to say goodbye to the country, which despite its petty frustrations, has become my home for the last four years. Some of my friends here have become like family too. It is not going to be easy.

Then we have the future and things are moving so quickly! My flight to Singapore is already booked and I am being asked to get in touch with housing agents. I can’t really get my head around thinking about where I may like to live in a city I have never visited, on a whole new continent. The Internet may offer a whole host of facts and figures about living in Singapore, but I will only really understand when I arrive and experience it for myself. I’m going to be the new girl again, get lost on strange streets, find new friends and establish a new life for myself. I know I will be fine because I have done this twice already, but the big unknown is always a little scary!