My roommate (and boss) Leslie bought land with some friends out at Mukono. Although it’s connected to the mainland, the most efficient way to get there is by boat. 45 minutes by boat, or >3 hours on rough roads? I’d go for the boat ride.

We went out to the land to see how the clearing was going, and pick a spot for Leslie’s safari tent. All kinds of things were growing out there – bananas (more of the distill-for-liquor than the eating kind), avocados, lemons, mangoes, vanilla bean, sweet potato, beans….The type of land was also really varied. The people nearby took advantage of the expanses of rock to dry their cassava (after leaching to remove the poisons) and dry their laundry.

There are some amazing (and unfortunately for the trees, very valuable) old trees, too. I Hopefully they won’t be cut down to sell for lumber….