Kampala weekend after a bedridden Malaria week

After a bed-ridden week of Malaria sickness, I had a great weekend in Kampala.
On Saturday, we went to an Ugandan vs Tunisia rugby match. It was my first rugby match viewing actually and ashamed to admit, I didn't really know the rules. Fortunately a British older rugby fan behind me had narrated the entire game out loud shouting "come-on winger, where are you"? "Oh that was a great penalty kick" and all that so I sort of got what was going on.
Uganda lost and it was a bit sad but I really liked their uniforms with the yellow sleeves. Katharine and I were saying they looked like pretty birds... Another thing we noted at the game (all completely unrelated to rugby) were the wonderful haircuts of a few Tunisian rugby player. All different styles of mullets. No. 14 in the picture below had one of the most beautiful mullets. I wish I could have captured him better in this picture.



After this adventure, we headed out to the International Arts Festival at National Theater. Surprisingly, this free festival ended up being very entertaining. First we watched a movie tribute about Tupac, a fashion show, then watched a modern dance performance about Obama's dad (they are really into Obama in Uganda), and sat outside while artists played a few songs one after the other... So many different genres from reggae to hip hop to traditional music to pop idol. To the right is a pix of the pop idol Cindy. She was actually really good. People seem to know her but the fans were definitely not like Shaggy concert. Although there were many guys dancing crazy and having a REALLY good time. It was a good time.

On Sunday, we decided to head out to Speke Resort by Lake Victoria. It was a beatufil resort with a pool, gym, and a horse stable!
We hung out by the pool enjoying the sun and appreciating the fact that we didn't have to walk on dirt roads. My feet have seen better days. It's become impossible to scrub the dirt off my feet.
We walked over to the Lake and spotted an enormous & most vivid rainbow we'd ever seen. It was so bright and colorful that it really looked painted on in the sky. We all took pix of ourselves holding the rainbow... Here's me to the right. Pls ignore the hair.

After, we went over to the music festival one more time and saw a monologue about a guy talking about genital mutilation & street kids, then watched some bands play. We left after a few hours, grabbed some Chinese food at the Great Wall & drove back to our hostel.

To a great weekend in Kampala with my roomies Naishin and Katharine, friends from Backpakers, and Nik.