diary of an emerging social enterprise

To get an idea of how local people travel and to understand the challenges of moving long distances by road transport, Shannon and I take public transport everywhere we travel. While certainly not the most comfortable mode of travel, public buses are undoubtedly the most educational.

By arriving in Masaka, we have now covered the following distance.

Total Distance: 1,724 miles (2,775 kilometers)
Total Transit Time: 74 hours

The light blue color indicates a road we traveled down twice.

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• Kigali, Rwanda to Masaka, Uganda - 200 miles by bus - 8 hours
• Goma, DRC to Kigali, Rwanda - 80 miles by bus - 4 hours
• Kigali, Rwanda to Goma, DRC - 80 miles by bus - 4 hours
• Butare, Rwanda to Kigali, Rwanda - 57 miles by bus - 2 hours
• Kigali, Rwanda to Butare, Rwanda - 57 miles by bus - 2 hours
• Kampala, Uganda to Kigali, Rwanda - 275 miles by bus - 9 hours
• Nairobi, Kenya to Kampala, Uganda - 375 miles by bus - 14 hours
• Mombasa, Kenya to Nairobi, Kenya - 300 miles by rail - 14 hours
• Nairobi, Kenya to Mombasa, Kenya - 300 miles by rail - 17 hours