SUNDAY 27th ARRIL2014

Arrived back from Kampala yesterday about 3:30pm EXTREMELY hot and sweaty! The first thing I did was rush to my room and have a cold shower including hairwash! Bliss!
So, Saturday morning I woke up about 8am at Doctor Margaret Mukulu's house in Kololo where I shared a bedroom with young Doreen who is now working, had a wash and breakfasted on pineapple, bread and margarine and tea.. I phoned Godfrey Taxi to come and pick me up and we drove to  The  dreaded Bus Park. A porter took my newly bought printer and we pushed through the noisy sweaty crowd to  the LINK bus stand - only to find no bus waiting there. It was 10:45am and I had hoped to find a bus ready to leave at 11am. The porter handed me over to the LINK men who recognise me and one led me to sit at the back of the stand where one woman is in charge of the fridge containing cold sodas ( various hawkers get their supplies from her and climb into the buses selling cold drinks to the waiting passengers). I sat there until 1pm until the bus arrived from Masindi. The interesting thing was I had plenty of time to observe all the comings and goings but the noise -loud music blaring, buses hooting , frequent banging when a bus was about to run someone over as it reversed in a confined space, and general loud voices was very wearing- especially as I had to keep a steely eye on the printer, my overnight bag and my handbag!  When the bus arrived another LINK employee took the printer and helped me climb over the pile of goods  and luggage  waiting to be transported to Masindi and pushed me up into the bus even before the incoming passengers had got out!That  way I got a reasonable seat by the window although the young African girl who came to sit next to me fidgeted something horrible!
The bus left at 1: 20pm and we sped to Masindi in 3 hours stopping 2 or 4 times and breaking all speed limits).
After my shower I found Sallie and her friend Sue ( working over here as a VSO volunteer developing Nursery Education) and had a drink and an omelette. We chatted and then I went back to my room to find it reeking of "DOOM" the anti malaria spray and my mosquito net already spread around my bed. The mosquitoes are rampant in this the Rainy Season although Sallie gets her staff to check all stagnant water and spray on a regular basis. So far I have avoided being bitten, using the Avon  "soft and lovely" and spraying  my ankles in the evening  with repellent.