Guide Through Nairobi's Uhuru Park

Take a walk with me. This is the experience I had this weekend as I was leaving a meeting at Uhuru Park.

The place was a hustle and bustle of activities. It was the last weekend before schools open and during the week was IDD holiday so children and parents alike were taking advantage. I realized this is a favorite hang out for kids the ages between 0-15 years.

Remember these boats? When I was growing up we had someone take us using the row but now they are advanced you just take the boat and ride yourself.


And the cue that was waiting was to ride on these boats was long

A lot was going on from children being taken round in these large toys, to camel rides:

Remember this place? This is where landmark events in our history happen like the signing of the new constitution, the Narc revolution of 'Who can bwogo me?' and 'Yote ya wezekan bila Moi'... yeah alot has happened and continues to happpen here. Even public holidays are held here. Freedom corner is also here a place where Wangari Mathaai and mothers of political prisoners came to demand the release of their sons who had been arrested for political reasons.

Before the era of digital cameras this is how it worked....

Nothing is talked about this Monument but there is another one across the road called the Nyayo Monument

Nyayo Monument

Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia


That was a trip down Memory lane for me I certainly enjoyed my afternoon here:-)

Pearl of Africa

I have been in Uganda for the past two days and I am totally loving the experience. First and foremost the person who named this city the pearl of Africa was on point. The city is absolutely beautiful. It is spread over ten hills hence the reason in my opinion there is no airport.

Now on to Ugandan foods, so far my favorite delicacies are two: "Gonja" is a Ugandan term to describe deep fried bananas. These bananas are very delicious. Today I got a chance to taste Gonja for the first time and I must say the experience was mouth watering. Hmmh.... my love for fries has been replaced for a while until further notice for now i cant wait until my next tea break. Ground nut sauce is another delicacy that I have come to enjoy. Interesting how in Kenya we only use beef stew, chicken stew and any other stews associated with with animals. But here I have had the chance to taste the sweet ground nut sauce that is accompanied with bananas, ugali or rice.

The people very friendly, they speak a lot of Luganda and English. Petite it size women are few and far between.

Hotels well my first experience with Uganda was a guest house that I now cannot remember the name but the service was good unfortunately at the time a few years back they had just like in Kenya the power rationing so in terms of entertainment I did not get much out of it. But my second and third visits have been well, something to remember. I have loved both hotels: Speke Resort- Munyonyo and Mosa Court on the up town part Kampala. These are hotels i would recommend to anyone.
Still here for a few more days and I am sure there is more to explore for now I continue to love my surroundings.