Tagged: Amasiko Eco-Farm

Lake Bunyonyi to Fort Portal: Tired Man

Lake Bunyonyi to Fort Portal: Tired Man

Lake Bunyonyi to Fort Portal: Tired Man. Feb 11. I got up early, had breakfast and checked out of Wilfred’s Place.  It is a beautiful property, but I need to get going and see more of the country.  Plus, my body aches from labor that it is unaccustomed to. To get from Lake Bunyonyi to Fort Portal, I caught a motorcycle for about 45 minutes to take me into Kabale for 10,000 shillings.  I am not sure how a man...

Lake Bunyonyi: Blistered Softie

Lake Bunyonyi: Blistered Softie

Lake Bunyonyi: Blistered Softie. [su_note note_color=”#b0b1b6″ text_color=”#030303″ radius=”1″]There are bats that come to Wilfred’s Place at night/early morning.  They come in around 03:00 and stay until about 05:00, having conversations with each other.  The trees around the eco-farm are like a conference room.  It is like there is a meeting taking place, and the bats make these strange noises in communication for two hours. Then they leave again as a group and once again the surroundings are silent.  It is...

Lake Bunyonyi: Hard Work is Hard Work.

Lake Bunyonyi: Hard Work is Hard Work

Lake Bunyonyi: Hard Work is Hard Work. Feb 9 I woke up in a wonderful cottage clinging to the side of a hill with a terrace overlooking a beautiful lake with mountains behind the water.  It is gorgeous here on Lake Bunyoni.  Amasiko Eco-Farm is just that.  It also has cottages for visitors.  It is also a green-school for primary students.  Wilfred is a busy man. It turns out that I am in a village called Hamukaaka! [su_note note_color=”#b0b1b6″ text_color=”#030303″...

Rwanda to Uganda: From Gorillas to Potato Trucks

Rwanda to Uganda: From Gorillas to Potato Trucks

Rwanda to Uganda: From Gorillas to Potato Trucks. Feb 8 Time to leave my wonderful little village of Kinigi. It is time to get out of Rwanda.  I had not ambition to leave the ‘Land of thousand hills and a million smiles,’ but I need to start making some miles and some dust.  Time for the move from Rwanda to Uganda.  I feel like I am going to cheat a lot of countries out of a lot of time, but...