Welcome to Kampala, the pleasant capital city of Uganda |
View of Uganda from the top of the Kampala Sheraton Hotel |
Central Kampala from the Sheraton rooftop |
Central Kampala |
Central Kampala |
Central Kampala |
Grand Imperial Hotel, Kampala |
Central Kampala |
Central Kampala |
Central Kampala, east of the Sheraton |
Central Kampala with City Hall tower, Port Bell in the distance |
New construction NE of the Sheraton |
Kampala is built on numerous hills |
The two highrises are Stanbic Bank |
Statistics House, City Hall Tower |
Pool of the Kampala Sheraton |
Attractive bar area of the Speke Hotel, Nile Avenue, Kampala |
Jubilee Park surrounding the Sheraton |
Jubilee Park, Kampala |
Jubilee Park, Kampala |
Kampala Sheraton |
King George V, Jubilee Garden, Kampala, Uganda |
Jubilee Garden, G-V & Sheraton |
King George V, Jubilee Garden, Kampala, Uganda |
King George V, Jubilee Garden, Kampala, Uganda |
Speke Hotel, Nile Avenue, Kampala |
Speke Hotel, Nile Avenue, Kampala |
Jubilee Gardens |
Jubilee Park, Kampala |
Jubilee Park, Kampala |
Kampala Sheraton |
Sheraton - Kampala |
Kampala is full of giant Maribou storks |
Maribou storks, central Kampala |
Storks nesting outside the Sheraton, Ternan Avenue, Kampala |
Standard Chartered Bank, Speke Rd, Kampala |
Standard Chartered Bank, Speke Rd, Kampala |
Standard Chartered Bank, Speke Rd, Kampala |
Monument near the Speke Rd/Nile Ave Roundabout |
Monument near the Speke Rd/Nile Ave Roundabout |
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Posta Uganda, Kampala Ave at Speke Rd |
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Kampala Avenue, the city's main street |
Kampala Avenue looking east towards Jinja |
A new tower rising on Kampala Ave |
King Ssekabaka Muteesa II of Buganda 1942-1969 |
Details on the statue of King Muteesa, Kampala Ave |
Workers House, Speke Ave, Kampala |
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Tropical Africa Bank, Kampala |
Tropical Africa Bank, Kampala |
Tropical Africa Bank Ltd, Kampala Road |
The side of the bank is covered with a large mosaic depicting various currencies in use throughout history |
Tropical Africa Bank tokens and currencies mosaic, Kampala Rd |
Description of the mosaic panel on the Tropical Africa Bank |
Tropical Africa Bank tokens and currencies mosaic, Kampala Rd |
Tropical Africa Bank currencies mosaic |
Mosaic depicting the pound sign £ and a Roman coin |
Tropical Africa Bank currencies mosaic |
Tropical Africa Bank currencies mosaic |
Tropical Africa Bank currencies mosaic |
Tropical Africa Bank currencies mosaic |
Mosaic of the Almighty but weakening dollar |
Roadsign along Kampala Rd for Jinja, Source of the Nile and Entebbe International Airport |
Roadsign along Kampala Rd for Jinja, Source of the Nile and Entebbe International Airport |
Kampala Road with a new Stanbic Bank tower going up |
Kampala Road |
Kampala Road |
Bell Lager Building, Kampala Road |
Communications House |
Kampala office of Hertz Rent a Car |
Uganda Bookshop, Colville Street |
Christ the King Parish Church, Colville St & Kimathi Ave |
Christ the King Church |
Christ the King Church |
Christ the King Parish Church, Kampala, Uganda |
My friend Masaba Johnson, Colville St. |
Lasting Impressions, Portal Avenue, Kampala |
Lasting Impressions, Portal Avenue |
Maribou stork perching on a street light |
Security guard, Kampala |
Colonial era building dating from 1929, Portal Ave, Kampala |
Adam House, Kampala, Uganda |
Eagle Air, a Ugandan regional airline |
Imperial House, Kampala, housing the DFCU Bank |
Mosaic on the side of the Imperial House, Kimnathi Avenue |
Detail of the mosaic on the Imperial House, Kampala |
Modern clock tower of Kampala City Hall |
Kampala City Hall |
Modern highrise |
Parliament of the Republic of Uganda |
Parliament of the Republic of Uganda |
Parliament of the Republic of Uganda |
Kibuli Mosque overlooking Kampala |
Kampala Railway Station |
Kampala Railway Station |
Kampala Railway Station |
Kampala Railway Station |
Not very pretty artwork near the railway station |
Commercial building by railway station |
Rainbow Arcade, Kampala Avenue |
Banner across Kampala Ave for a preventative HIV vaccine trial seminar |
Mama Miria Kalule Obote for President 2006 UPC |
Nando's Kampala Ave, Cargen House |
Within the city center, motorcycle taxis cost 1000 shillings |
Shri Sanatan Dharma Mandal Temple, Kampala |
Hindu Temple, Kampala |
Hindu Temple, Kampala |
Hindu Temple, Kampala |
S.S.D.M. Hindu Temple, Kampala |
Swastika mosaic on the Hindu Temple, Kampala |
Inside the Hindu Temple, Kampala |
Hindu Temple, Kampala |
Hanuman, Hindu Temple, Kampala |
Hindu Temple, Kampala |
Ganesh, Kampala Hindu Temple |
Sacred Cow, Kampala Hindu Temple |
Hindu Temple, Kampala |
Entebbe Road traffic circle south of the city centre |
Hindu temple, Nakivubo Place, Kampala |
Burton Street, Kampala |
Burton Street, Kampala |
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Old Taxi Park, Kampala |
Kiosks around the Old Taxi Park, Burton Street, Kampala |
Old Taxi Park, Kampala |
Shared minibus taxis have signs with their destinations |
Signposts scattered around the chaotic appearing taxi park note destinations |
Old Taxi Park, Kampala |
Old Taxi Park with the H&B Towers |
Old Taxi Park, Kampala |
Sematimba Peter for Mayor of Kampala (big sign) |
Dr. Naiga Sserwanga for Mayor of Kampala |
Voting guidelines and sample ballot for the upcoming Ugandan elections |
Old Taxi Park, Kampala |
Old Taxi Park, Kampala |
Old Taxi Park, Kampala |
Old Taxi Park, Kampala |
Old Taxi Park, Kampala |
Luwum Street, a bustling commercial district around the taxi park, |
Ugandan license plate |
Mobile phone booth...I have no idea what Slovakia has to do with it |
Dubai Star Kawunda Electronics, Luwum Street |
View of Burton Street and the Old Taxi Park from the Astoria Hotel bar |
View of Burton Street and the Old Taxi Park from the Astoria Hotel bar |
Old Market building (1927), Market Street |
Market Street, Kampala |
Market Street, Kampala |
One of the stallkeepers at the fruit and vegetable market, Kampala |
Kampala market |
Market stall keeper |
Iran Permanent Trade Centre, Uganda, Entebbe Rd |
New building, Kampala Rd |
Kampala Rd |
Kampala Rd |
Kampala tourist information sign at the post office |
Posta Uganda, Kampala Rd at Speke Rd |
Kampala Rd |
Beautiful mosaic coat of arms of the Bank of Uganda, Kampala Road |
Jamaican looking Ugandan |
Nora Uganda Ltd, Kampala Rd |
Cairo Bank, Kampala |
East African Development Bank, Kampala |
The Square, Kampala |
Standard Chartered Bank across from Grand Imperial Hotel |
Nile Special at the Grand Imperial Hotel |
Beggar boy, Kampala |
Marabou Stork flying over Kampala |
Uganda Wildlife Authority Headquarters, Kampala |
Uganda Wildlife Authority Headquarters, PO Box 3530 Kampala |
Uganda Wildlife Authority Headquarters - this is where you come for gorilla permits |
Uganda Wildlife Authority HQ |
Mountain Silverback by Bart Walter |
Mountain Silverback by Bart Walter |
Uganda Wildlife Authority Headquarters - Gorilla Reservations working hours |
Is this where some of the massive fee for gorilla tracking ends up? |
Ugandan license plate |
Kasubi Tombs, Kampala |
The traditional kingdoms were reestablished in 1993 in purely ceremonial roles |
Detail of the gateway to the Kasubi Tombs |
Detail of the gateway to the Kasubi Tombs |
Kasubi Tombs, Kampala |
This large reed and bark cloth building houses the tombs of 4 kabakas (kings) of Buganda |
Tomb of Muteesa I, Mwanga, Sir Daudi Chwa II, Edward Muteesa II |
Kasubi Tombs |
Ugandan boy outside the Kasubi Tombs |
Ugandan boy |
Kasubi Tombs |
Guide showing the king's favorite game |
Bark cloth covered pillar |
Kasubi Tombs |
Kasubi Tombs |
The kings are said to have gone into the forest, represented by the screen which shields the entrance area |
Kasubi Tombs |
Guide cum Artist cum Saleman, Kasubi Tombs |
Kasubi Tombs |
Kasubi Tombs |
Kasubi Tombs |
Kasubi Tombs |
Kasubi Tombs |
Huts around the Kasubi Tombs |
Hut in the Kasubi Tomb complex |
Ugandan drum at the Kasubi Tomb complex |
The drum is covered with cow hide |
Traditional African drum, Uganda |
After the tour, the guide takes you to the shop to show you his artwork and that of the other guides |
The art is painted on bark cloth produced in Uganda |
Bark cloth paintings at the Kasubi Tombs |
Masiro Road, Kampala |
Masiro Road, Kampala |
Thatched shelter |
Ugandan girls carrying bundles on their heads |
Along Masiro Road near the Kasubi Tombs |
Along Masiro Road |
Ugandan girl in pink |
Lukyamuzi Swaibu, a student from the Kasubi Secondary School, Kampala |
Rusted gate to the Kasubi Secondary School, Masiro Road, Kampala |
Carpentry workshop along Hoima Road, Kampala |
Cabinet maker, Hoima Road, Kampala |
Young carpenter at work, Hoima Rd, Kampala |
Dirt sidestreet off Hoima Road |
Side street off Hoima Road |
Another carpentry workshop on Hoima Road |
Side street off Hoima Road |
Side street off Hoima Road |
Wrecked and stripped car abandoned on Hoima Road, Kampala |
Sematimba Peter for Mayor of Kampala - he certainly wins for billboard size |
91.3 Capital FM Kampala's Better Music Mix billboard |
Man pushing a bicycle load of sugar cane up Makerere Hill Rd, Kampala |
Makerere Hill Rd, Kampala |
Makerere Hill Rd, Kampala |
Makerere Hill Rd, Kampala |
Makerere Hill Rd, Kampala |
Makerere Hill Rd, Kampala |
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Total gas station, Kampala |
Nakulabye Special Butchery - halal and kosher |
Nile Special |
Indian Restaurant on top of a gas station |
View from an Indian restaurant on top of a gas station |
Old Kampala |
Old Kampala Senior Secondary School |
Cow grazing on a field in Old Kampala |
World Islamic Call Society - National Mosque at Old Kampala |
National Mosque at Old Kampala under construction |
National Mosque at Old Kampala under construction |
Minaret of the new National Mosque |
Be careful taking photos of this mosque...they have some security guards left over from Idi Amin, Minister of Tourism take note |
Site of the martyrdom of St. Matia Mulumba 1886 |
View of Kampala central business district from Old Kampala |
Namirembe Road, Kampala |
Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre, Kampala |
Namirembe Road, Kampala |
Namirembe Road, Kampala |
New taxi park, Namirembe Road, Kampala |
Market stands around the New Taxi Park, Kampala |
Nakivubo Road, Kampala |
Nakivubo Road, Kampala |
Nakivubo Road, Kampala |
Ugandan man, Kampala |
Ugandan man, Kampala |
Nakivubo Road, Kampala |
Wamala's Enterprises, Kampala |
Intersection of William Street & Johnston Street, Kampala |
Intersection of William Street & Johnston Street, Kampala |
New construction northeast of the Kampala Sheraton, looks like a new hotel |
Makereere Hill, Kampala (?) |
Kampala Casino, Kimnathi Avenue |
A local Ugandan version of United Airlines, Kimathi Ave, Kampala |
National Theater, Kampala, Uganda |
National Theatre and the Alliance Francaise |
National Theater, Kampala |
Mosaic by the entrance to the National Theatre |
Mosaic by the entrance to the National Theatre |
Detail of the mosaic on the National Theatre, Kampala |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village, a tourist oriented market behind the National Theatre |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village, African drums |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village, manger |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village, African shirt |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village, African shirt |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village, African shirt |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village, African shirt |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village, African shirt |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village, African shirt |
Uganda Arts & Crafts Village, African shirt |
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One of the vendors displaying a shirt |
African drums, Uganda |
New City Annex Hotel, Dewinton Street, Kampala |
Giant wooden carving of a bull, Dewinton Street |
S.B.M. Supermarket, Dewinton Street, Kampala |
Stanbic Bank towers, Kampala |
Stanbic Bank towers, Kintu Rd/Nile Ave Roundabout |
Stanbic Bank towers, Kampala |
City Hall clock tower, Kampala |
Bell Lager building, Kampala |
Central Kampala, Kimnathi Ave |
Statistics House, Kampala |
Ethiopian Airlines advertisement, Nile Ave |
Patio of the Speke Hotel, Kampala |
Beautiful outdoor bar/restaurant at the Speke Hotel, Nile Ave, Kampala |
Speke Hotel, Kampala |
One of the Kenyan crew at the Sheraton |
Prom night with Principal Keech |
Prom night in Kampala with 2 students of the International School |
Uganda National Stadium, Kampala |
Uganda National Stadium, Kampala |
Eastern outskirts of Kampala |