We drove from Jinja to Lira. The Mbale to Soroti road is worse than bad. On a scale of one to ten with ten being the worst paved highway in the history of paved highways I would give this section of road a solid 9. At one point we hit a pot hole so big I we were falling into it rather than going over it. I also managed to not see a speed bump, which seem redundant due to the craterlike potholes, which was at least a couple feet high and three or four feet wide. I flashed back to watching the dukes of hazard in car chases where they land hard on the front wheels then the heads whip back wacking the head rests. There was a quick learning curve on when to anticipate speed bumps and an ever so slight increase in appreciation for chiropractic care.
We pulled into Soroti and stopped at a ‘hotel’ on the main street to use the ‘facilities’. I took the opportunity to ask the waitress/barkeeper how much farther it was to Lira. She said, ‘It is very far’. I said, ‘how far’? She replied, ‘too far’. I tried further, ‘how long will it take’? She answered knowingly, ‘a long time’. I wasn’t giving up, ‘when will we reach Lira’? Finally she got specific, ‘not till evening’.
The entire journey including a couple brief stops took 6 hours.
Ha! That's funny! "how far", very far. :)
ReplyDeleteNot so funny when you're really wanting to know. No assurance I guess!