First thing I wanted to do in Fort Portal was go to an internet cafe, but the connection can be unreliable during the day. Richie bought some DVD's and we watched Hotel Rwanda in our room. I've already seen it and it's a great movie but Richie had not yet seen it. I go out and write for an hour before dinner. At the internet cafe I run into Simone, a German girl who I met during the Murchison Falls tour a few weeks ago. She is going to visit Semliki national park in 2 days and that's where I am going too. She is hiring a car because she will come back the same day. We discuss about sharing the price of the car for the journey there. It sounds like a good idea. It's more expensive than local transport but infinitely more comfortable. We will meet later this evening to sort out the details.
We eat at Rwenzoris Travellers Inn. I have veggie curry and it's the best curry I've had in Uganda, it actually tastes like curry. I have a few beers. Richie already had a few before we met up and is ready to go out late. I'm not up for that. I drink anymore and I'll be sick. I'm not as social as he is and I go back to the room and he stays out. He comes in late. He sleeps till 1.30pm the next day. I got up at 9, washed clothes, read and went to the bank to change travellers cheques. I finished this at 1.30 and was heading back to the room to check on Richie's status when at the same time he was walking down the street. Perfect timing. We went to our usually cheap place for lunch, rice and beans. Except this time I had g-nut sauce on my rice. G-nut is short for groundnut and it's like a thai non-spicy sauce, pinkish in color. I really like it. Richie got his haircut and a shave while I went to the Forestry office. I didn't get much info there but a pamphlet on the areas they manage. Back in the room we watched a Mr. Bean movie, it was quite funny. I visit an internet cafe and then we go to the Gardens to eat. We run into Ed here, a Brit who we've been seeing around town. We join him. It turns out Ed is also interested in visiting Semlike N.P. and I tell him about my ride there with Simone. I talk with Simone later and we all agree to meet at my hotel the following morning at 8.30.
Before crashing Richie and I watch Kickin It Old School, about a 12 year kid in 1986, who goes into a coma for 20 years after a botched breakdancing move. He wakes up when he's 30 but is still a breakdancing 12 year old from the 80's, cue funny senarios! It was funnier that I thought with a lot of 80's jokes and slang. I think you have to be at least 30 years to fully enjoy this movie.
We were woken up the next morning by blasting pop music outside our window at 7.30. Ugandans aren't always that considerate. If their awake, that's all that matters and they blast their music. Doesn't matter that there is a hotel beside them. We go downstairs at 8.30 to the courtyard for the included breakfast at 8. I think this should be enough time to eat and be ready for Simone at 8.30, but it takes them almost 40 minutes to boil water and cook a few omelettes. Simone shows up on time, as does Ed, but they have to wait for me. Richie was going to go back to Kampala but decides last minute to join us to the park and come back with Simone later. He has never seen hotsprings before. That makes the cost of the ride there very affordable split 4 ways. We finally get on the road just after 9.
We eat at Rwenzoris Travellers Inn. I have veggie curry and it's the best curry I've had in Uganda, it actually tastes like curry. I have a few beers. Richie already had a few before we met up and is ready to go out late. I'm not up for that. I drink anymore and I'll be sick. I'm not as social as he is and I go back to the room and he stays out. He comes in late. He sleeps till 1.30pm the next day. I got up at 9, washed clothes, read and went to the bank to change travellers cheques. I finished this at 1.30 and was heading back to the room to check on Richie's status when at the same time he was walking down the street. Perfect timing. We went to our usually cheap place for lunch, rice and beans. Except this time I had g-nut sauce on my rice. G-nut is short for groundnut and it's like a thai non-spicy sauce, pinkish in color. I really like it. Richie got his haircut and a shave while I went to the Forestry office. I didn't get much info there but a pamphlet on the areas they manage. Back in the room we watched a Mr. Bean movie, it was quite funny. I visit an internet cafe and then we go to the Gardens to eat. We run into Ed here, a Brit who we've been seeing around town. We join him. It turns out Ed is also interested in visiting Semlike N.P. and I tell him about my ride there with Simone. I talk with Simone later and we all agree to meet at my hotel the following morning at 8.30.
Before crashing Richie and I watch Kickin It Old School, about a 12 year kid in 1986, who goes into a coma for 20 years after a botched breakdancing move. He wakes up when he's 30 but is still a breakdancing 12 year old from the 80's, cue funny senarios! It was funnier that I thought with a lot of 80's jokes and slang. I think you have to be at least 30 years to fully enjoy this movie.
We were woken up the next morning by blasting pop music outside our window at 7.30. Ugandans aren't always that considerate. If their awake, that's all that matters and they blast their music. Doesn't matter that there is a hotel beside them. We go downstairs at 8.30 to the courtyard for the included breakfast at 8. I think this should be enough time to eat and be ready for Simone at 8.30, but it takes them almost 40 minutes to boil water and cook a few omelettes. Simone shows up on time, as does Ed, but they have to wait for me. Richie was going to go back to Kampala but decides last minute to join us to the park and come back with Simone later. He has never seen hotsprings before. That makes the cost of the ride there very affordable split 4 ways. We finally get on the road just after 9.
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