Another 0530 taxi call and I was off to Africa for the last time this year and what should hopefully the last business trip before Christmas. This time it was an Austrian Airbus 319 to Brussels and then on to Entebbe with SN Brussels airlines. The mission is another one week training course in Uganda. My first time to that country and "another pin in the map".
The flights were fine and included a short stop in Kigali, Ruaanda to re-fuel and drop off passengers, a "tech stop" style which was very quick and we did not get off the plane. The short hop of 350km to Entebbe followed and although I arrived at 2300 local in Entebbe the visa purchase on arrival was very smooth and the hotel car was there to take me to the Imperial Botanical Beach Resort Hotel on the shores of Lake Victoria.
The hotel is vast and an old grand style-famous for the fact that the Clinton's stayed here at some time in the past . The gardens are lush and have a population of monkeys and hornbills amongst other wildlife.
There must be other wildlife too as we saw armed guards arriving evry evening at sunset to patrol the grounds!
The colleague assisting me for this training event had already arrived from Australia but at 0100 I decided we would leave the reunion until breakfast !
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