Thursday 18th June: Uganda. Murchison Falls to Fort Portal
We were all packed up, me somewhat earlier, thanks to my restless night
due to a flat air mattress. We had our usual breakfast of Weetabix &
muesli along with a mug of tea & we were on our way by 9.30 am.
We had two routes to choose from to get to our destination. One would
have had us backtracking to Kampala & onwards to Fort Portal,
all of it on good tarred roads. That journey would take about 6 hrs. The
alternative was a shorter distance but all on bad roads and we were
advised not to take that as it was quite treacherous with a reported
bridge collapse along the way. That would take about 8 hours but would
be infinitely more rewarding & scenic. Naturally, we opted for
the difficult one and it was really challenging in places.
We arrived in
Fort Portal just after dark & the guest house we hoped to stay
at was full, so we stayed instead at the Mountains of the Moon Hotel, but
not until I had negotiated a hefty discount. It was quite luxurious, by
the standards of the previous days. We had dinner there & as it
was late, we didn’t get to bed until 11pm
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