Here World :)

I've decided that it's about time I went back to using this blog for it's original purpose which is sharing funny and/or interesting stories from my journey as a Nigerian lady... STARTING NOW! :)

Two American friends and I decided to explore Kampala (the capital of Uganda) one Saturday morning; we were living in Jinja which is about an hour away and decided to live the high life and visit the big city :) so we did! We had plans to go to the Nigerian restaurant and eat our spicy, delicious food, watch a movie at the cinema, and maybe even get a *mani-pedi each :). One of the places we wanted to go to was PC World which is a big deal in the Ugandan electronics world; PC World has quality electronics and is a reliable place to buy things. 
On getting to Kampala, each of us had to take a "bodaboda" (public transportation in the form of a motor bike) and my bodaboda rider swearing profusely that he knew how to get to PC World, led the other two riders. After going around in circles for more than 30minutes when the ride should have only taken us 10-15minutes, he pulled up in front of the British High Commission and with the widest smile on his face, said "ah ha *banange, here world :)
I got off the bike in shock, looked at my friends, and could only sputter "what on earth?How?Why?What????! At some point, we all looked at each other and burst into laughter! After all, TIA- This Is Africa :) anything can happen!

*Mani-pedi- manicure and pedicure
*Banange- is an exclamation used regularly by Ugandans.