Nemophilist Paradise!
I finally took an outing beyond walking or boda distance from my apartment! A coworker recommended the Entebbe Botanical Gardens as a place worth visiting, so I called an Uber this past Sunday (the app works everywhere!) and I headed to Entebbe. It’s a 45 minute to one hour ride, depending on traffic. The same as going to the airport, which is also in Entebbe. I enjoy seeing the bustling activity and then suddenly breaking out into open space on the freeway.
The ride to and from was the expensive part of the trip. It was a mere 10,000 shillings to get in, which is about $4 Canadian. That’s the currency I know best so it is my comparative 🙂 For Ugandans it is only $3,000, which I think is great!
There are usually volunteer tour guides at the entrance to the gardens who take you around for a tip, but nobody was there when I arrived. I started walking and quickly fell in love with wandering around on my own. John, one of the volunteer guides approached me a short way in and offered to take over, show me around and explain what I was seeing, but at that point I was in a happy place and chose to continue alone.
It was rejuvenating, invigorating, peaceful and smelled like heaven. I saw some monkeys close up, squirrels less close up and so many birds!
This little adventure has inspired me. With or without a companion, I will be getting out into the city and surrounding areas on weekends. Here’s to Adventure!
AboutUganda.com for more on the gardens
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