Tuesday May 31st: Well Ugandan time bit us again. Today we traveled to Bwindi. Bwindi is in the southwest corner of Uganda on the border of Rwanda and the Congo and about 10 hours from the capital city of Kampala. We can’t even joke that the road to Bwindi is paved with good intentions since much of the road is not paved.
Picho, who has the unenviable task of driving the whole way originally stated that he wanted to leave at 6:00 am. Paul and I just laughed. Given the time difference and probability of jet lag, the idea of getting up at 5:00 am and then waiting 2 or 3 hours until the actual departure time was not very appealing. After some discussion we agreed on 7:00 but also discussed the importance of really leaving at that time. We figured this would get us going at about 8:00. Now this is where the irony begins. Even though we knew it would be later, my cultural compulsiveness for being on time forced me to set the alarm for 6:00 am just in case they really did arrive at 7:00.
