I was born in Uganda in Kampala back in 1955. Back then it was still very much under colonial rule but all that changed towards the end of the 1960's. We also lived in Jinja which I remember well. The soil was so rich in Uganda that the country were major producers of Sugar, Cotton, Sisal, Pyretherum & other crops which generated the country's wealth. The wildlife was fantastic. I hope you have a wonderful experience there & I look forward to eeing your videos in the future.
I spent much of my childhood and teenage years in Mbale, where my dad was a bank manager. Each month, he drove with a clerk to Bukwa for a day to open a tiny office for the villagers to have banking facilities. It was sometimes a family outing in the school holidays, usually just a day trip starting before dawn. I have vivid memories of wonderful sunrises on the mountain road around Mount Elgon. So beautiful. Occasionally it would be a weekend break, taking the long way round through Kenya and staying at a hotel in Kitale, which was a pleasant small town in those days. My best friend’s dog, a labrador cross ridgeback chased a small animal and fell to the bottom of the ravine from the viewing point at Sipi Falls. Her father gathered some local villagers with a rope who lowered him down the cliff. He expected to find a dead or badly injured dog, but found him almost unhurt and very happy to be hauled back up. We later adopted one of his puppies.
So interesting to read! Thanks for sharing this with us, we really appreciate it and hope you are enjoying our videos! We have a new video going live tomorrow - it’s a very special one ☺️
You guys are an amazing couple. The love is obvious and I think it’s just incredible the journey you’re on! Thanks so very much for sharing yourselves.
Uganda is such a beautiful part of Africa, the Rwenzori mountains, lake Victoria, source of the Nile all are so interesting I was there 2004, enjoy it guys.
From Uganda. This is your first video i have watched but am watching all your videos now. Thanks for the great content. Am surprised how capable the landy is conpared to the famous landcruiser hard tops. Cheers
8:24 As a Kenyan these are my favorite guys to find on the road. Especially the infantry group at the coast along Lamu road, preventing terrorists from Somalia. They always have covered faces looking war ready, but their friendly chats as they check who is inside makes you calm. All they look for is your ID and illegal items. I feel safe and happy seeing them. Switch that with our regular police road blocks then your day gets ruined. Those ones will look for any excuse to get bribes from you including the expiry date of your fire extinguisher. I should be glad that they are on the road to protect us. Unfortunately, many Kenyans fell happy when they ain't on the road. Some are so professional, majority ain't. Nice stay in the beautiful Uganda. They have some of the best food I have ever tasted.
Border crossings cross your fingers and pray for the best , some awesome , some just ok , then oh my goodness is this ever going to happen ? BUT ALWAYS WORTH IT IN THE END . thanks for sharing this with us about how you travel as well as what it takes to do what you do . Thanks again for a great video you two . Cheers from Steve Stott in Sutherlin Oregon U.S.A. :) :) 🌍🍻👍🏼😁
Hey guys. Been watching your trips since I came across your channel last year. Just a small advice, whenever you cross from one Jumuiya (East Africa Community member) country to another, probably stick to border points with One Stop Border post, and it would reduce the number of friction points I see you keep coming across. Otherwise enjoy your journeys. Karibu tena East Africa
This is so similar to my experiences. How can there be so many fees and endless running around and collecting bits of paper. And the endless stamping of the paper! And then it somehow takes 3 hours! I like your idea of get close to the border, camp and then commit a day to getting across. Crossing borders is a real process here!
Keep a 20,000 note handy in case you get stopped by traffic police and for example you have overtaken on a bit of a bend or on a solid yellow line . Welcome to Uganda . ( From Derby),
@@TheLandyExpeditionplease don't take that as a way of life here,just follow the rules/laws generally and u will enjoy your travels without any troubles.... Don't follow his advice on corrupt practices..
@@byaruhangaroger2475 Lived here 21 years. When you are driving without a vehicle in site . Why do they stop you for overtaking a lorry ? Just one example of dozens. If its not school fees it is lunch .
Another great watch. Thanks. When you started this expedition did you a route in mind or are you just deciding where to go on route based on research and recommendations?
Thank you! We had a rough direction and that was from South to North but we were aware of the issues in Ethiopia and Sudan and knew our plans could change so basically we have just gone with the flow. We haven't planned anything really!
hey welcome to Uganda, i hope your treated well. We Uagndans are welcoming people. You could access Rwanda through Tanzania their you would have shoot two bird with one stone.
@@TheLandyExpedition I guess for me it would be the sort of apprehension. Defo takes some nerves to take on the journey you guy have. Nothing but respect
Suam border crossing is not developed yet. You would have had a smoother experience going through Malaba or the other prominent crossing that has a One Stop Border Post. You'll experience that at Katuna.
You are lucky at the Ugandan border. It seems you didn't run into a corrupt immigration officer. But overall, you'll enjoy Uganda as it has its own different charm.❤😂🎉
Man you were kind of agitated after paying that temp import fee but later on sucked it up.......That is what it is coz on a scale of 1-10, this is a 7/10 compared to other border crossings.
The temporary import fee for the car might be refundable at the next border point, when you are driving out of the country. Please check this. I hope you see this message in time.
@@TheLandyExpedition Comesa is an insurance ?? I thought it's an economic block. "Common Market for East and Southern Africa" in full. Your temp import document had COMESA and SADC. SADC is a block of Southern African countries.
the customs guys are having lunch so we have been told to wait lol... the beauty of automation and paperless clearing takes out that lag in time delay. Car can get scanned automatically with an automated border post scanner, you scan your passport/finger print and then scan your driver's license without having any human contact. We need to make our systems Covid proof so that incase of any outbreak business can continue... why should you have to wait 30minutes for people having lunch to get cleared? not fair...
What is the purpose of these numerous cross border visits? Is aimed at mapping regions for military action as it happened with many countries with little suspicion or what is the purpose? Do Africans dare do these activities in European countries?
Europeans crossing African border is pretty easy but it's contrary the other way round, Africans must show bank statements to access European countries.
African immigration is usually a headache everywhere. The problem isn’t racism, it’s classism, and in that regard, mentally-colonized African immigration officials are even worse than their European counterparts.
Great expedition indeed..but if it was an African traversing Great Britain he wouldn't have shown same hospitable treatment with locals and custom officials. Africans loves visitors and Africa is a wander land full of excursions..keep enjoying Africa
Nonsense. African immigration is usually a headache everywhere. The problem isn’t racism, it’s classism, and in that regard, mentally-colonized African immigration officials are even worse than their European counterparts.
We were told by the border officials that this was the bank we must pay at. We are listening to the information we are told by the locals and the officials at the border. Thanks for your comment, have a great day ☺️👍
I was born in Uganda in Kampala back in 1955. Back then it was still very much under colonial rule but all that changed towards the end of the 1960's. We also lived in Jinja which I remember well. The soil was so rich in Uganda that the country were major producers of Sugar, Cotton, Sisal, Pyretherum & other crops which generated the country's wealth. The wildlife was fantastic. I hope you have a wonderful experience there & I look forward to eeing your videos in the future.
That's wonderful. We plan to visit Jinja. Uganda has been a place we have very much looked forward to exploring!
Come and get citizenship
nice to hear that papa much love from jinja
I spent much of my childhood and teenage years in Mbale, where my dad was a bank manager. Each month, he drove with a clerk to Bukwa for a day to open a tiny office for the villagers to have banking facilities. It was sometimes a family outing in the school holidays, usually just a day trip starting before dawn. I have vivid memories of wonderful sunrises on the mountain road around Mount Elgon. So beautiful. Occasionally it would be a weekend break, taking the long way round through Kenya and staying at a hotel in Kitale, which was a pleasant small town in those days.
My best friend’s dog, a labrador cross ridgeback chased a small animal and fell to the bottom of the ravine from the viewing point at Sipi Falls. Her father gathered some local villagers with a rope who lowered him down the cliff. He expected to find a dead or badly injured dog, but found him almost
unhurt and very happy to be hauled back up. We later adopted one of his puppies.
So interesting to read! Thanks for sharing this with us, we really appreciate it and hope you are enjoying our videos!
We have a new video going live tomorrow - it’s a very special one ☺️
Brilliant video and a good angle of how things are done. Netflix need to sign you two up, quality and very likeable.
Thank you! ☺️
1:15 oooh the land rover engine sound, the gearbox smell, couldn't be more happier
Hahah glad you like it ☺️
You guys are an amazing couple. The love is obvious and I think it’s just incredible the journey you’re on! Thanks so very much for sharing yourselves.
That's lovely to read! Thank you so much!
Welcome to Kapchorwa east of Uganda, beautiful scenery. Nice trip hoping to see more of this, thanks.
Thank you so much!
Uganda is such a beautiful part of Africa, the Rwenzori mountains, lake Victoria, source of the Nile all are so interesting I was there 2004, enjoy it guys.
It is! We are so excited to see more. That's awesome 🙌
What a wonderful surprise to see you’ve posted a new video. 👍🏻
Trying to keep up with the weekly schedule! Hope you enjoyed ☺️
From Uganda. This is your first video i have watched but am watching all your videos now. Thanks for the great content. Am surprised how capable the landy is conpared to the famous landcruiser hard tops. Cheers
Glad you found this video and have been enjoying our others! Our Landy is incredibly capable and reliable ☺️
8:24 As a Kenyan these are my favorite guys to find on the road. Especially the infantry group at the coast along Lamu road, preventing terrorists from Somalia. They always have covered faces looking war ready, but their friendly chats as they check who is inside makes you calm. All they look for is your ID and illegal items. I feel safe and happy seeing them.
Switch that with our regular police road blocks then your day gets ruined. Those ones will look for any excuse to get bribes from you including the expiry date of your fire extinguisher. I should be glad that they are on the road to protect us. Unfortunately, many Kenyans fell happy when they ain't on the road. Some are so professional, majority ain't. Nice stay in the beautiful Uganda. They have some of the best food I have ever tasted.
Interesting to read this, thank you for sharing ☺️
Howdy folks! Ahhh…Uganda! The Pearl of Africa! Looking forward to this part! Be safe!
Thanks so much ☺️
Happy you enjoyed your stay in Kenya 🇰🇪 enjoy the rest of your journey and b safe
We really did enjoy Kenya 🙌
Your adventure just gets better. Border crossings can be very difficult and frustrating at times.
Thank you! In our experience the borders have been fine, sometimes you are there for a while but we aren't in a rush so it's all good!
Thanks for visiting Uganda🇺🇬
Thanks for having us ☺️
Border crossings cross your fingers and pray for the best , some awesome , some just ok , then oh my goodness is this ever going to happen ? BUT ALWAYS WORTH IT IN THE END . thanks for sharing this with us about how you travel as well as what it takes to do what you do . Thanks again for a great video you two . Cheers from Steve Stott in Sutherlin Oregon U.S.A. :) :) 🌍🍻👍🏼😁
That’s for sure! It’s all worth it in the end! Thanks for your comment ☺️🙌
@@TheLandyExpedition .🍻👍🏼😁
Sitting in my Campervan in Austria en route to Hungary…was feeling quite adventurous until I watched this episode 😂 Always a great watch 👌
You're on an adventure and that's awesome! Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
Very informative you guys 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!🙌
Great guys u can explore the wide whole world. Enjoy and save n sound journey. With compassion comes opportunity and resources comes the way.
Thank you ☺️
Another great episode…. Bringing back memories of the African border crossings 😂👏. (The Buffalo Overlander)
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!☺️
Great video. Different. Good change of pace. ❤
Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
Welcome to uganda. I'm Kenyan living in uganda, would be glad to meet you 😊😊😊
Awesome! Maybe one day ☺️🙌
We loved Uganda, i hope you went up to Kidepo and the Karamoja region, very beautiful ❤
We are so excited to be here!
I noticed you just past Kitale my home town on the way to Suam border crossing. Am Kenya but I live in Epsom Surrey.
No way! So cool 🙌
Cool! -love it😇😇😇-from LA
Thanks so much ☺️
Cool am a Kenyan TH-cam and really loved your videos🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much ☺️
welcome most to Uganda bro we shall be so happy to see you
Thank you so much ☺️
Nice one guy’s, welcome to the pearl of Africa
Thank you ☺️
Hey guys. Been watching your trips since I came across your channel last year. Just a small advice, whenever you cross from one Jumuiya (East Africa Community member) country to another, probably stick to border points with One Stop Border post, and it would reduce the number of friction points I see you keep coming across. Otherwise enjoy your journeys. Karibu tena East Africa
Thanks for following along, really appreciate the advice!
Much love from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪
Thank you
good stuff. Uganda is home for me
Wonderful, you live in a beautiful country ☺️
This is so similar to my experiences. How can there be so many fees and endless running around and collecting bits of paper. And the endless stamping of the paper! And then it somehow takes 3 hours! I like your idea of get close to the border, camp and then commit a day to getting across. Crossing borders is a real process here!
This is interesting to read! It’s a long process but it’s all part of the journey ☺️
You are welcome to uganda, the pearl of africa
Thank you so much 🙌
Great content guys ,maybe I will run into you when you come to Rwanda ☺️
Thank you so much, maybe!
Saw you guys in Nanyuki, Kenya in January. Where's that episode?
We don’t film every single day ☺️
Suam is quite interesting to cross, I just love it plus the scenery is amazing
It’s stunning once you cross the border 🙌
@@TheLandyExpedition wish you could have shown that on your video, I enjoy the scenery and that's the only reason I enjoy using the border crossing,
Keep a 20,000 note handy in case you get stopped by traffic police and for example you have overtaken on a bit of a bend or on a solid yellow line . Welcome to Uganda . ( From Derby),
Thanks for this 🙌
U could have advised them to avoid flouting traffic rules instead of teaching them corrupt practices!!
@@TheLandyExpeditionplease don't take that as a way of life here,just follow the rules/laws generally and u will enjoy your travels without any troubles.... Don't follow his advice on corrupt practices..
Indeed, no need for paying bribes if you keep the law. Am a driver in ug who rarely gets stopped by traffic officers.
@@byaruhangaroger2475 Lived here 21 years. When you are driving without a vehicle in site . Why do they stop you for overtaking a lorry ? Just one example of dozens. If its not school fees it is lunch .
Another great watch. Thanks. When you started this expedition did you a route in mind or are you just deciding where to go on route based on research and recommendations?
Thank you! We had a rough direction and that was from South to North but we were aware of the issues in Ethiopia and Sudan and knew our plans could change so basically we have just gone with the flow. We haven't planned anything really!
@@TheLandyExpedition Thanks. So next after Uganda?
Welcome to Uganda 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬
Thank you 🙌
hey welcome to Uganda, i hope your treated well. We Uagndans are welcoming people. You could access Rwanda through Tanzania their you would have shoot two bird with one stone.
Thanks so much! We look forward to exploring ☺️🙌
it was nice having you in kenya.. karibuni tena.. {welcome again}
Asante ☺️
Type of life each couple shd enjoy, 😊. Welcome to uganda 🇺🇬, u won't miss anything here
Thank you so much ☺️
Jeez that would be nerve racking. Fair play to you guys
Border crossing, in our experience have been totally fine. Sometimes you wait for a while but it’s always fine ☺️
@@TheLandyExpedition I guess for me it would be the sort of apprehension. Defo takes some nerves to take on the journey you guy have. Nothing but respect
are you managing ok getting lpg gas refills ? wonderful journey !!
We have found gas refills pretty easily but have only refilled the bottle 2-3 times. Our 7.5kg bottle lasts us a really long time.
Hope you find yourself some rolexes to tuck into whilst in Uganda
Yes! We've heard about the Rolex 🙌
Suam border crossing is not developed yet. You would have had a smoother experience going through Malaba or the other prominent crossing that has a One Stop Border Post. You'll experience that at Katuna.
Next time we know! It wasn’t too bad at the Suam border ☺️
Karibu Uganda 🇺🇬
Asante 🙌☺️
You are lucky at the Ugandan border. It seems you didn't run into a corrupt immigration officer. But overall, you'll enjoy Uganda as it has its own different charm.❤😂🎉
It was a very smooth border crossing in our opinion ☺️
Wow. This have always been my dream
Thank you ☺️
cooking and preparing your own meals saves money, time and much healthier
Definitely ☺️
Very nice 🤠❤
Thanks 🙌
Good times 🎉
🙌
Man you were kind of agitated after paying that temp import fee but later on sucked it up.......That is what it is coz on a scale of 1-10, this is a 7/10 compared to other border crossings.
It was a smooth border crossing, nothing out of the ordinary here ☺️
God bless you ❤
Thank you ☺️
It was a police check point military check points are only in northern kenya due to proximity of somalia border due to shabaab
Ahh understood, thank you 🙌
Like your videos ， Any plans to see the mountain gorillas in Uganda?🎉
Thank you! You’ll have to wait and see ☺️
Immediately you crossed the border the English changed,"up to weaya"😂😂😂😂
Our English changed??
@@TheLandyExpedition Not yours 😄..the people you are interacting with
That would be the strangest 'bank' I have seen.
And us!
It's not a bank ,that's a banking agent , local people do that , coz they can access banking services on there phones !
😅😅 I was surprised he called that a bank. It's just a banking agent. They are usually embedded in small shops. You see Mpesa there as well as
Big up 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
🙌☺️
@@TheLandyExpedition ❤️
The temporary import fee for the car might be refundable at the next border point, when you are driving out of the country. Please check this. I hope you see this message in time.
Okay, thanks for this ☺️
Jacket potatoes ❤❤❤
The best 🙌
VERY NICE WATING FOR NEW VIDEO USA
Thank you! New video coming on Sunday!☺️
Such a dream trip. But how will you ever be able to go back to Ole Blighty now that you have Africa in your blood?
With great difficulty I think! Hope you enjoyed our video ☺️🙌
Thanks for all these nice videos . Just a question, are you using tracks4africa on your phone or on a garmin GPS ?
Glad you enjoyed it! We use tracks4africa on our phones or iPad ☺️
Where to go after Uganda? Southsudan?
You'll just have to wait and see!☺️
Please wear your seat belt, but don't worry, you won't get done like here in UK. I know you could be from UK 🇬🇧 any enjoy Uganda.
We will, thank you ☺️
@TheLandyExpedition
Welcome to Uganda, my country, but I'm currently a resident in the 🇬🇧.
I love your accents
Thank you ☺️🙌
Please explain "carnay" and insurance
Carnet de passage, basically a passport for our car. Comesa is an insurance for East Africa.
@@TheLandyExpedition Comesa is an insurance ??
I thought it's an economic block. "Common Market for East and Southern Africa" in full.
Your temp import document had COMESA and SADC. SADC is a block of Southern African countries.
the customs guys are having lunch so we have been told to wait lol... the beauty of automation and paperless clearing takes out that lag in time delay. Car can get scanned automatically with an automated border post scanner, you scan your passport/finger print and then scan your driver's license without having any human contact. We need to make our systems Covid proof so that incase of any outbreak business can continue... why should you have to wait 30minutes for people having lunch to get cleared? not fair...
It’s all part of the process, we don’t mind, we aren’t in a rush ☺️
I think the the next time you should get a gas cylinder. Its more handy
Gas cylinder, for cooking? We already have one ☺️
@@TheLandyExpedition that's good then. I enjoyed watching your video. Especially to Uganda
New
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Military check point, you will never see a military check point on civilian road in Kenya.
Well, we were stopped by the military at a barrier on the road. I’d say that is a military check point?
@@TheLandyExpedition should be police checkpoint
If u cross to Westnile Arua City.we can hook up for collabo
Cool 👍
On your title, put flags so it can be easy for us to which country you are traveling to. 🇷🇼🇺🇬🇰🇪🇹🇿
We’ll look at doing that for sure! Thanks for your comment ☺️
COME BACK TO KENYA, ESP NAIROBI !!
I'm sure we'll be back soon!☺️
Sipi falls
🙌🙌
As a person who lives abroad I admire white people's organization skills 🙏
Thank you, I think?
What is the purpose of these numerous cross border visits? Is aimed at mapping regions for military action as it happened with many countries with little suspicion or what is the purpose? Do Africans dare do these activities in European countries?
Not sure what your question is?
What a bizarre, small-minded comment.
Europeans crossing African border is pretty easy but it's contrary the other way round, Africans must show bank statements to access European countries.
As do Non European Citizens Non African visitors entering Europe
We have found border crossings very easy throughout Africa so far. Sometimes they do take time but we aren't in a rush so it's not a problem.
😂
African immigration is usually a headache everywhere. The problem isn’t racism, it’s classism, and in that regard, mentally-colonized African immigration officials are even worse than their European counterparts.
Great expedition indeed..but if it was an African traversing Great Britain he wouldn't have shown same hospitable treatment with locals and custom officials.
Africans loves visitors and Africa is a wander land full of excursions..keep enjoying Africa
We have been made to feel very welcome all through Africa, we would hope that people in the UK would be the same to all visitors, we would be ☺️
Nonsense. African immigration is usually a headache everywhere. The problem isn’t racism, it’s classism, and in that regard, mentally-colonized African immigration officials are even worse than their European counterparts.
Ugandan English😂😂
?
Aki hawa wazungu saa ingine sasa mpesa shop ndio anasema ati ni bank. Be realistic.,
We were told by the border officials that this was the bank we must pay at. We are listening to the information we are told by the locals and the officials at the border.
Thanks for your comment, have a great day ☺️👍
@@TheLandyExpedition Now you know. Those are mpesa shops with banking agent.