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Uganda Visit 2010

Church of Scotland

Plans are now at an advanced stage for a Group of people who are all involved with the Tillydrone Vision Project to visit with our friends in Uganda. We leave from Aberdeen Airport and fly to Schipol Amsterdam with a couple of hours lay over there before flying on to Entebbe Uganda.

We fly out of Aberdeen at 6am. and flights going to plan, we should arrive in Entebbe about 8:40pm local time.

We have arranged collection for the Airport at Entebbe and will spend the night at one of the local Hotels before being collected the next morning and once again experiencing the drive to Kamuli. It is a good road up until Jinja but from there on it gets a bit more scary, less tarmac and more of one continuous great big pothole that the Driver’s swing from side to side of the road to to do their best to hit.

So far it looks like there will be twelve of us making the trip and it really is a good mixture in the Group. We have representatives from Grampian Fire and Rescue, a Head Teacher and a deputy Head from our Local primary School. We will be accompanied by three Young Folks from Tillydrone who are being funded by Fairer Scotland Fund on the trip. The Visit is part of a Personal Development Programme we are running. Kenny, who is our Session Clerk at Saint George’s Tillydrone Church, is accompanying us, as is Desmond, the Church Treasurer, so we should be all right. Making up the group will be Ross and Kenneth for whom this will be a return visit to meet up again with old friends. We are planing to hire a couple of Matatu Buses with the drivers for the duration of the stay in Uganda.

Most us hold a Driving Licence but I would never recommend driving in Uganda. Matatu’s are the local Bus or Taxi used by most of the local people as public transport. They are really quite comfortable but as you can see, sometimes they get to be a bit crowded. Hiring Matatu and driver will give us more freedom to be able to get around and meet up with old and new friends.and new.

You will be able to follow us whilst in Uganda on a our travel Blog at http://tillydronetravellers.blogspot.com/

A word of caution to anyone following the blog.

Please do not be alarmed if we are silent for two or three days. We will not have disappeared. All that will have happened is that the electricity has gone off, (perfectly normal in Kamuli) and no electricity; no internet cafe: no blog!

Saint George’s Tillydrone Church Scottish Charities No. 024795