Jinja

Heading out of Kampala, which seems to sprawl forever, I had just remarked to Duncan on the high number of traffic cops there seemed to be on the road when he saw fit to overtake an extremely slow truck on a road overbridge marked with no passing signs and double yellow lines. To be fair, it was clear and he was following the actions of the vehicle in front. Of course we were signalled to pull over by the traffic cop not 100 meters ahead. He explained that Duncan had broken the law and the fine was 135, 000 shillings that we would have to go back with him to Kampala to pay. Duncan pointed out that he was following the vehicle in front and an enormous truck followed him and the cop said he only saw Duncan. Duncan asked if there was any way we could just pay a spot fine as we were headed to Jinja and would not be returning to Kampala... The upshot was that Duncan handed him 20,000 shillings ( a little over USD $10.00) and the cop let him go saying 'you are a generous man'!

We stopped at Jinja Backpackers to book white water rafting with Nile River Explorers, then set off for their campsite at Bujagali Falls, which is more a series of rapids than a waterfall.