A very special trip to Uganda

Returning to Green Point for just a short few days, those were obviously packed full with office work and preparation. It was reasonably obvious that during the weeks in Kampala I would have only little opportunity to seriously work and the timing of our contracts sort of looked OK this time. So it was more internal and administrative stuff which kept me busy before jumping on the plane to Kuala Lumpur (KL) which served as my short stop over to break up the flight, before arriving on the 17th May in Kampala.

For the days in Kampala please go the separate report on this big event. Sorry to the English speakers, it’s all in German, but the pics are worthwhile looking at.

trip 3

15th May Sydney - Kuala Lumpur
17th May Kuala Lumpur - Kampala
5th June, Kampala – Dubai
7th June, Dubai – Hamburg
8th June, Hamburg – Munich
11th June, Munich – Hamburg
12th June, Hamburg – New York
15th June, New York – San Francisco
18th June, San Francisco – Tahiti
21st June, Tahiti – Sydney

Here some birthday pictures from Kampala









The previous report on my birthday time in Kampala ends with our departure from Kampala on the 5th of June. Now here a bit of the rest.

I had given myself the ‘birthday gift’ of flying around the world. Given the fact that I tend to do that at least once if not twice a year for the last 20 years, not much of a ‘gift’ but anyway, a good time to catch up with clients, friends and places which I have come to like as travel destinations.

This time on our flight to Dubai, I had the very rare pleasure to share the experience with my brother Klaus and Sabine. We had planned for a two day stop over in Dubai, before going on to Hamburg.

Klaus and Sabine had been to Dubai on their way to Kampala and did a wonderful Balloon trip over the desert,



so we thought we might do a bit of down town sight seeing. We did not take into account, though, that it was a Friday and, given the religious affiliations in this country, Friday afternoons are not a time to visit any museum or so.

We then booked ourself a dinner cruise on one of the old djunkes which ply the river in the city and go out towards the open ocean as well. Very nice dining experience with a good Arabian buffet, some cool winds going at this time of the day.


The Golden Sands apartment hotel proved to be quite a viable alternative to my Oasis beach, where I usually stay. And much cheaper! And the white wine which we bought duty free in Kampala (of all places) helps to round up a good day.

On the 7th June we leave for Hamburg in the early morning and arrive, as I usually do, shortly after midday.

Whilst I usually stay at my sister’s and brother in law’s house in Othmarschen, this time around I plonked myself on the guest bed of Klaus and Sabine, since Beate and her Klaus Martin were holidaying in their house in Volterra. And my stay in Hamburg was only short, as I needed to go to Nuernberg and Munich, in order to see some relatives, many friends and a few clients.

During my stay in Munich, I usually make a point of visiting my old friend and aunt Traute in Rottach Egern on Lake Tegernsee. Her health is somewhat deteriorating with Parkinson’s slowly but steadily depleting her physical capacities. But she still likes to see me and we have a chat about old times.