2006 OFF TO UGANDA I GO ALONE.

My life in the 2000s was complicated with ill health and visiting specialists and in therapy . I still see them both today. In 2005 I met Mawanda in Uganda. I never knew where Uganda was and had to look it up. At around the same time I got a phone call from Ben in South Africa,  the love of my life. He was a ill man and had heart problems. But he wanted to come and live his days out with me.But this never happened as he died.  I never will forget him and have his photo above my bed. Just a small one.
So while I was talking to Mawanda I had Ben in the background.
But eventually after Mawanda kept emailing me and sending me photos and saying he wanted to meet me,  .He wasnt worried about the 28 year old age difference or the fact I was ill, with a disability.  So I borrowed money fron the Bank and in July 2006 I went to Uganda via wheelchair to Uganda,. I booked my own fare and did my whole fare there and back.
Some of my friends thought I was crazy, but I wasnt scared. I liked adventure. My only concern was my animals and I was able to get a friend to stay in my house for just over 6 week's.
I had to have various injections and medication for malaria and my own medications were also with a Drs letter from my GP.
I flew from Adelaide to Darwin and from Darwin to Mumbai India. I had a 15 hour wait in Mumbai and I was left sitting in my wheel chair by the baggage check out. It was dirty and humid., There was another woman in a robe also waiting and we managed to explain to each other when we wanted to go to the toilet, and watched each others luggage.  It was a squat toilet and I nearly fell over and found it hard to get up.
I weighed about 3kgs heavier as I had a long grey coat made with pink inside.  I looked like a Galah. But I had many pockets sewed inside and I had tissues,thooth brushes, thooth paste and anything I thought I could take to give away. A good idea I thought but quite heavy for me.
After About 10 hours I got taken upstairs to a nice lounge where I could lay out and rest. I should of been there from the beginning. I found the Indians rude as they would push me unless I gave them money. I had no Indian rupees or US dollars. I made sure on my way back I did, and I got good treatment then.
After leaving India I flew to Dubai. It was nice there and was taken to a nice lounge to rest and wait for another 12 hours. I was also taken to a nice restaurant for 2 nice free meals. I had all these waits as  was a very cheap fare. I dont know if I would do it again.
From Dubai I flew to Kenya and a short flight to Uganda. .Two days latter I arrived in Uganda from Australia.