Leaving Uganda, we will miss something found here and nowhere else. The Rolex. It is Ugandan signature street food, cooked at stands along the road in every town. There will be a small wood stand, usually with a cover, a stack of eggs and next to it a charcoal fire with a flat beaten skillet on it. There will be people lined up at a good Rolex stand and certainly guys hanging around shooting the breeze with the cook. The cook will roll out chapatis (made African style, thick and oily) and fry them up fresh, then scramble two eggs with tomato, onion and salt until they are cooked, top them with the fresh chapati – sometimes using two chapatis – and roll it up for you, sealing it into a plastic bag by brushing the plastic over the hot skillet. Good thing this is an open-air kitchen. We ordered up a Rolex everywhere we went. Hungry? Rolex. Almost Hangry? Get a Rolex. There’s one right there, pull over. Let’s eat.

Our experience with Ugandans was a pleasure, especially at the parks. Rangers, guides, and administrators were very happy to share their knowledge of life in the park. Local people like to talk politics – there is a move by the president to raise the presidential age limit so that he can continue to rule forever – parliament dissolved into fisticuffs on national TV – and they asked us repeatedly how Trump is doing. The uniquely Africa custom of greeting someone with long handshakes, smiles and hugs (even if you’ve just met) makes you feel special. And a smile always goes a long way, as is customary. Custom and tradition rule here even more so than President Musveni. As politically volatile as Uganda is, though, Kenya is a hot-bed of tension right now with a “fresh” national election coming up on the 26th – the August election was declared a fraud. We are keeping our heads down and staying in the western provinces where the situation is somewhat more stable. We will see what happens next.