Once again, it's amazing here! The main thing we realised was that here instead of motorcycles, they have boda-bodas. The reason they are called that is because it is an onomatopoeia because when a motorcycle runs it goes bodabodaboda. So that's why it is called boda-boda.And what they can do on these things! IT'S INSANE! They are used for transportation, and are much like taxis. You can hail them, and they are everywhere. However, the drivers almost never wear helmets, and, in order to get a little extra cash, they put on a dangerous amount of people. The most we've seen is 5 plus the driver. Not only this, but the cool bikes that they have here they put huge amounts of sugar cane or other crops/objects on to save time.
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Hi there! I have also been told that the word bodaboda comes from the word 'border' because hopping on a boda was one way to travel to the border. Glad you won't be riding on any though, they are DANGEROUS! Enjoy Uganda, hope to see you there in July. Yours, Lisa Mills (one of the fellows at Hopkins and a Uganda-lover...)
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