Tour Diary
| Date |
Place | Actions |
| 07/26/08 | Entebbe - Kampala | flight Frankfurt/Entebbe – taxi to Kampala to the Red Chili Hideaway – meeting Ragna and Amiram |
| 07/27/08 | Kampala | relaxing - Kampala city - Vasily's Café |
| 07/28/08 | Kampala | interview with Simon Amunau, Straight Talk Foundation |
| 07/29/08 | Kampala | interview with Beatrice Adimola and Persis Basemera, NEMA – visiting the school for the deaf: wonderful school garden |
| 07/30/08 | Kampala | interview with Mbonye Arsen Mutesi in the Ministry of Engergy - interview with solar energy consultant Abdallah Huezeri - visiting David Otieno (GTZ) |
| 07/31/08 | Kampala | youth workshop of the Uganda Green Movement supported by the Kenya Young Greens (Victor Majanga) – tree planting in the school yard - interview with David Otieno, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) |
| 08/01/08 | Kampala | interview with Jonathan Pulik, Straight Talk Foundation - interview with Bill Farmer, Uganda Carbon Bureau |
| 08/02/08 | Kampala | meeting Felex Kamalha, UCOTA for planning a tree planting activity in Ruboni on 08/12/08 – preparation of the bikes and packing |
| 08/03/08 | Kampala - Jeza 65 km | start of the tour – wrong way – mud road after heavy rain, thunder and lightning – sleeping in the "Safe Lodge" in Jeza |
| 08/04/08 | Jeza - Mityana 36 km | dinner in the dark at the marketplace of Mityana – sleeping in the cosy "Kolpinghaus" (women's project) |
| 08/05/08 | Mityana - Fort Portal | taking a 250 km ride in a public minibus (Matatu) with our bikes on the roof (taking the minibus will help us saving time for the beautiful southwest of Uganda) – nice market in Fort Portal |
| 08/06/08 | Fort Portal - Ntandi 56 km | dirt road to the Semliki Valley with a breathtaking view over the Congo bassin – sleeping in a lodge close to a Batwa village |
| 08/07/08 | Ntandi - Fort Portal
| way back on a crowded pickup-truck with more than 10 people and many pieces of goods – Ragna’s backwheel is desroyed when the pickup passes a bigger truck – arguing about the damage – Bright, a skillfull mechanic (surely the best of Uganda) is able to fix the bike |
| 08/08/08 | Fort Portal - Kibale Nationalpark | 36 km by taxi to the Kibale Nationalpark – staying at the Visitor’s Center for the night is too expensive, so we walk 3 km to the cheap and very cosy Safari Lodge, where we see hundreds of weaver birds and sleep in traditional Banda-huts. |
| 08/09/08 | Kibale NP - Fort Portal | 3 km walk to the main gate of the nationalpark – waiting for a permit (only for a limited number of people per day available) – amazing chimp-tracking – free backride in the car of a tourguide |
| 08/10/08 | Fort Portal - Ruboni 80 km | exhausting tour on the bikes – late arrival at sunset in an environment like paradise: Ruboni Community Ecotourism Campsite – very friendly people and the best dinner we had so far in Uganda |
| 08/11/08 | Ruboni | relaxing - arrival of the journalist Jonathan Pulik, Straight Talk Foundation – talking about the organisation of the tree planting activity next day |
| 08/12/08 | Ruboni | tree planting together with about 20 men and women from the Ruboni community – planting 380 indigenious trees close to a forest protection area |
| 08/13/08 | Ruboni - Kasese 30 km | leaving Ruboni – going to the hot and dusty city of Kasese. |
| 08/14/08 | Kasese - Mweya 56 km | crossing the equator – entering the Queen Elizabeth Nationalpark – elephants on the way – boat trip on the Kazinga-channel with lots of hippos, buffalos and birds |
| 08/15/08 | Mweya - Katunguru 26 km | realaxing in the small town Katunguru |
| 08/16/08 | Katunguru - Kalinzu Forest 37 km | cycling to the ecotourism campsite in the Kalinzu forest |
| 08/17/08 | Kalinzu Forest - Mitooma 36 km | forest walk in the Kalinzu forest - safari ants – cycling on a very dusty road to Mitooma |
| 08/18/08 | Mitooma - Rugungiri 36 km | dirt road to Rukungiri – sleeping in a very nice lodge - interview with Amadeus, Solarshop Rukungiri – farewell dinner with Ragna und Amiram – end of the Cycle Generation in Uganda |
| 08/19/08 | Rukungiri - Buhoma | saying "goodbye" to Ragna und Amiram – end of filming their tour - 80 km taxi ride to the Bwindi Impenetrable Nationalpark – sleeping in the Buhoma community rest camp |
| 08/20/08 | Buhoma | impressing gorilla tracking in the Bwindi Impenetrable NP |
| 08/21/08 | Buhoma - Kampala | about 300 km way back to Kampala in the car of two tourists from New York |
| 08/22/08 | Kampala - Entebbe | adventurous taxi ride to the airport – flight back to Frankfurt |