Tuesday, October 11, 2011

We Made It To Uganda

I have only traveled out of the USA to Mexico, Canada, and the Bahamas, so hitting two new continents in the last two days has been very interesting.  In Amsterdam we had a few hours to rest and walk around the airport. In the lounge area there were caramel wafer cookies. I think I single handedly ate about 20 of them. They were awesome. There was a store that sold some specific food products that are unique to Holland. It was cool to see the different cheeses, chocolates, and items in the store. We also got to see some old original art pieces in their small art museum in the airport.
From Amsterdam we boarded another plane to go to Africa. We had to go through a separate security check just for our gate and then waited in a holding room before boarding the plane. This was more chaotic then what I’ve experienced when boarding planes.  The flight lasted about 9 hours and stopped off in Kigali, Rwanda. The Kigali International Airport had one runway that they used for landing, taking off, and taxing. It was dark so we couldn’t see much of Rwanda, but we talked with a lady who said we have to come back and visit and see the gorillas.
After we left Rwanda we had an hour or less flight to Uganda. We were excited to have no issues with our passports and all of our luggage made it just fine. We met up with Pastor Charles and Violet and traveled an hour or so to Kampala. We checked into our hotel (nets over the beds and everything) and now it’s 2 in the morning and I’m finally getting to bed. What an awesome couple days of travel.

2 comments:

  1. When I was in the Amsterdam airport I loved the carmel cookies so much I bought extra and took them home. They are wonderful!

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  2. I hope that we have enough time on our layover on the return to pick some up and bring some home.

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