Back in the heart of darkness
Ah Africa, its good to be back! I didnt have a visa but that was no problem. However I had no local curency or dollars either which was fixed with usual African ingenuity. The customs offical wrote on my entrance form I was getting some money so I walked past the bagage claim area, through customs, out into arrivals, used the ATM and went back into reclaim my passport and new visa! I was very happy to get through customs in a reasonable time, the Ghana immigration took about an hour and a half, in the same time I was nearly in the Kampala after surviving the slightly dodgy 40km road from the airport to the capital. I had arranged a night in the Red Chili hostel which seemed like a pretty cool place. Pretty good bar area, free internet and Uganda was lovely and cool to boot. Not hard after the oven that is Dubai, but considering we are very close to the equator I was pleased to feel how mild the weather was. I dumped my bag and had a drink in the bar, it wasn’t that busy. I confirmed my tour for the following day and chatted to a big dutch guy for a while. He had just gotten in after a 14 hour bus journey from Nairobi, I dont think he liked me telling him the Emirates flight had flown via there and it only took me 55 minutes ;p but then I had spent slightly more than his $25, that was how much the taxi from the airport was.
Tags: customs, atm, weather, taxi, hostel, drinks, Travel, locals, journey, immigration, ghana, hostels, money, chili