Morning drive to the equator. Stop. Watch water spiral out clockwise and anti-clockwise a few metres apart on either side of the equator then flow straight down on the equator itself.
Petrol stop in Masakah. Mateo asks us if we want lunch. It's a bit early but there is, he says, nowhere to eat for the next three hours. Okay then. It turns out that just round the corner is the same place he stopped at for lunch on the way out. Definitely on commission.
Again no buffet. Chips with everything. Except everything bar the fish is off. So those who ordered chicken and chips just got chips!
Enter Kampala. Some roadworks or an accident are blocking the main road in. We go round the houses and see, amongst other places of interest, the Catholic Cathedral and President's Palace.
Entebbe Airport. Check in very orderly and it turns out the onward connecting flight from Kenyatta is no longer cancelled. Some are put out: "But we wanted a night in Nairobi." Others are not dressed for UK arrival but for overnight in African temperatures. Cue hasty unpacking of longer, heavier, warmer clothes.
Change Ugandan shilligs for Kenyan and go through passport control. Spend the last Ugandan coins on coffee and cakes in the airport cafe.
Uneventful flight back to Nairobi - crossing the Equator for the 5th time in as many days. Southbound again - see how the other half lives.
Again Kenyan Airways informaton is good. Check at the service desk that we have veggie food ordered. They confirm the instructions (that are carried out).
Wait in departure lounge. Tedious, junk TV. The flight leaves less than an hour late. Re-cross the Equator. Northbound. Homeward.
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