Adventures in Uganda

Hi all,
I am just getting to grips with all this "social networking" technology and believe its the way to go in order to make new friends and contacts who have the same ideals, interests and aims as myself.

I live just west of London in the UK and I am a mother of four and also now have four grandchildren. I have been married to husband Paul for over 40 years and live in the same family house that my parents moved to nearly 60 years ago.

Early in our marriage we emigrated to Australia for a couple of years (we were £10 tourists!) and it was this trip that made me dream of travelling again once our children had grown up.

I have done pretty well so far by visiting over 80 countries, albeit some for just a few hours such as Colombia, and some for many weeks such as Indonesia.

Then in 2004 I first went to Uganda and somehow of all the countries I have been through, I found myself returning here again and again.

I do not know what it is exactly about this one country I love above all others but I think its the warm welcome I always have received - the local people everywhere are so friendly and welcome you with open arms despite their poverty and in the main without expecting anything in return.

The Uganda I know and love is mainly where some of the poorest people live as I rarely stay in the upmarket areas - usually in the slums of kampala or small villages far away from the capital Kampala, and where most are simple subsistance farmers.