The hustle and heat of Kampala!

My day in Kampala was awesome!  Hot, dusty, busy, taxi's, boda boda's, people, children, shops, stalls, more shops, more heat, more dust and more taxi's and boda's...lol.

The people on the streets are just so cool.  They all want to chat to the 'Mzungu's' who are braving the streets of Kampala.  All so friendly and full of smiles.  What an experience to be amongst such happy and helpful people.

There are taxi's and boda boda's everywhere.  What should be a two lane road is actually a six lane road.  To me it doesn't look like there is any sort of road rules, but in the midst of all the craziness there are in actual fact traffic officers who just keep the traffic moving.  No stop signs and very few traffic lights, no one stops and yet everyone gets their chance to go.  Surprisingly enough there are very few bumper bashings, I am yet to see one, and there are no high speed accidents simply because you can't drive really fast in Kampala.

There are millions of shops on every single road.  Every shop has a sign so the pavements are jam packed with people, signs, banners and more people.  There is a shop for every single thing.  At some points there are a whole lot of shops in a row that all sell the same things yet they all seem to happily share business.  Life in Uganda is good.

Something even more surprising are the streets that have NO litter lying about.  The bins that are provided are basic drums and the people use them.  You don't see people tossing stuff out of their car windows which is a common occurance in South Africa.

We stopped in for a sneak peak at the Acacia Mall and that's all it was, just another shopping mall.  It is full of over priced shops and it lacks culture.  Needless to say I was in the mall for only 5 minutes and then took back to the streets again where it is all happening.

So even though the city is over crowded all the time, it's real hot or alternatively flooding on rainy days, the people and the culture is just awesome!  What a great country!