Day 2 - Forest Gardens Hotel, Kampala

We arrived yesterday afternoon.  The drive from Entebbe airport to the hotel in northern Kampala was rather stressful although the driver emphasised how we were in a quiet time.  We were in bed soon after dinner and seemed to have slept off the jet lag successfully.  This morning we wandered several km towards central Kampala to a rich people shopping mall where we could buy sims for our phones and a wi-fi hotspot device.  We also managed to get some cash after trying several ATMs.  With these successes under our belt we are taking it easy after lunch with thunder rumbling overhead and Vervet Monkeys in the trees near our cabin.  It will rain most days about midday at this time of year.

Jenny looking for birds at lunch on the hotel verandah.

Tomorrow we will head out to Buloba in a taxi to explore where we want to rent a house.

Few birds here yet.  We are in a nice leafy area so have Ross's Turaco, Plantain-eater, African Thrush and Dark-capped Bulbul and Grey-backed Camaroptera.  An African Harrier-Hawk appeared to be hunting the monkeys.  The sunbirds have eluded me.  Walking this morning we saw Little Swifts, Yellow-billed Kites, Pied Crows and Speckled Pigeons.  Before dinner a wander in the gardens produced two Great Blue Turaco, two Black-and-white Casqued Hornbills and a small flock of Thick-billed Weavers.