kampala

mmh, maybe its about time i write you something officially about kampala, my new resident city.
The name comes from " Kosozi Mpala" this is lugandan for Antilope Hill. how nice. and significant. cause it was not only a vrey animal rich area, but also kampala was build up on 7 hills (right, same as rome). now it is on about 23 hills and growing.....
the city center is not very attractive, many buildings beeing build by the british around independence time, are now pretty ugly. traffic is horrible, yes, same as beijing, there are too much cars for to small roads and no existence of traffic rules (or better lack of people to obey them). there are some very nice hills for residence, very green indeed and some international restaurants and bars.
what is most obvious is the red soil> silit old mineral erosive soil, which is everywhere and leaves a red dusty layer on everything. especially on my shoes and shirts. and creates red muddy streams when it starts to rain. which it does now every second day.

but except the greens and the red soil, i expected uganda or kampala to be more colourful. and - that there is more music in the air. i thought african music would come from every corner. but it is not. sadly. (and you all know i am much into sound)

luckily there is chocolate!