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Drop the norm you know about the hows and whys about cycling, this website is aimed at sharing tingles and views as experienced and seen by Ugandan female cyclists as they ride their two wheels allover the world, and ULTIMATELY, share lessons gleaned from their travels for better physical, mental…Continue reading “About”

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Exploring German🇩🇪 Cities: Culture, History and Friendships

31st Aug 202210th Sep 2022

Story time…..you readyyyyyyyyy?????? ……wir sind Schüler von Trinity ….. This is a line from a song I sang while a German student in my early years of being at Trinity…

Tales from Europe

Touring Rome: Exploring the Eternal City in four days

30th May 20223rd Jun 2022

🎵Grazie Romaaaaaa🎶 This is a line from the song I am currently listening to as I type this to vividly remember the travel experience and impression that Rome left on…

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Walking Experience in Naples: Kampala’s Sister-City in Europe?!

18th Apr 202218th May 2022

Ciaooooooo Its story time, you readyyyyyyyyyy?! Once upon a timeeeeeee, there lived a girl from a small village in Africa, in a country known to be the continent’s PEARL –…

Tales about HIKING…

Cycling and Hiking through Girona:Experiencing Medieval Architecture and LOVE in One Day

27th Feb 202227th Feb 2022

Gironaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Does this word sound any familiar to you? If NO, you and I both……..until the end of this January – for my case😃 I had been to the city…

Tales about HIKING…

Hiking and “Cycling” in Mallorca: Spending the Festivities Solo

9th Jan 202210th Jan 2022

🎵Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la🎶 We all know that jingle, don’t we?! It’s prolly still a ringtone for many Ugandans,…

Tales from Europe

Cycling in Barcelona: Encounters with “Miradors” The Police and The Cold

11th Dec 20211st Jan 2022

Where do I start from? I am a finalist of the Afrobloggers 2021 awards, and boy am I levitating?!🧚🏾‍♀️🤗 This (in all honesty) inspired me to squeeze some time to…

Tales from Europe

Cycling Through Barcelona: Spanish Heritage, Friendship and Coffee Tales

4th Oct 20212nd Jan 2022

Holaaaaaaa As usual, I am here to give you cycling stories as I experience them as NAKANDI Before I go any further, I want to dedicate this post to a…

Tales from Europe

Learning How to Ride a Bicycle: Experience of a Ugandan🇺🇬 Girl in Belgium🇧🇪

21st Aug 20211st Jan 2022

Narrated by Bridget, Written by Brenda In the central region of Uganda, where I come from, folklore has it that falling with a bike while cycling is the KICK-START for…

Tales from Uganda

Touring Health Centres in Kampala on a Bicycle: The Desperate Search for the COVID Vaccine

9th Jul 20212nd Jan 2022

Howdy!!! I am hoping you are really living YOUR BEST LIFE because well, with what is happening around me today, I wouldn’t take for granted what it means to be…

Tales from Uganda

Leisure Cycling: The muddy cycling tour around Kalangala Island

17th May 20211st Jan 2022

Going to an island has always been one of the many things on my bucket list. I have always envisioned that my first time would be some sort of mystery…

Tales from Uganda

Cycling in a Rainy Season: Drenched and Sweaty

1st May 20211st Jan 2022

A Primary Seven kid cycling to be in time for his final exams I have been wanting to write a piece on cycling under rain from last year but just…

Tales from Uganda

Being a Regular Cyclist: Any Day is Accident Time

21st Mar 20211st Jan 2022

From the title above, it is pretty obvious what today’s post is about: ACCIDENTS No matter how cautious you are, someone out there is not – it is just what…

Tales from Uganda

The Kampala-Jinja Cycling Escapade: My 26th Birthday Treat

10th Feb 20211st Jan 2022

As you read this, trust me to have made a number of deletions just so I can have the best beginning line for what I am about to share. Also,…

Tales from Uganda

Leisure Cycling: Inspecting the Kampala Northern Bypass Route

9th Jan 20212nd Jan 2022

PC: Florence Auma Soooooooooooooooooooo…………. It’s been a full month and some weeks of not stepping here Let me admit: as much as I thought I got a lot of time…

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Cycling in a Night of Terror: The Evening of Bobi Wine’s Arrest

24th Nov 20202nd Jan 2022

Up to this day, everyone I know that was in Kampala that day, still speaks of it as if it were yesterday. And for me, I recall how each second…

Tales from Uganda

Cycling at Night in Kampala: A Lesson and Triumph in One Night

9th Nov 202017th Jul 2022

Adventure! If you know me well enough, you know I will be down to try out almost anything just because well, I love the feeling of being full of Life…

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The Unappealing Facts about Cycling and How I Carry on Despite Their Existence

19th Oct 20201st Jan 2022

I recently had a real overarching conversation about cycling with a fellow workout enthusiast. Initially I thought she of all people would be convinced to become a female cyclist like…

Tales from North America

Cycling to Deliver Food For DoorDash: Experience of a Ugandan girl in Canada

4th Oct 20201st Jan 2022

If you had told me last year, that I would be trying to make money delivering food , on a freaking bicycle, I would have probably called you crazy. But…

Tales from Uganda

Being a Female Cyclist in Kampala: The Treatment and Gestures From Onlookers

23rd Sep 20201st Jan 2022

In my previous post, I shared some of the many comments I have got while I ride through Kampala. Amidst blurting out all sorts of comments, some people have gone…

Tales from Uganda

Being a Female Cyclist in Kampala: The Verbal Commentary

13th Sep 20208th Mar 2022

Do you ever question the existence of traditions and cultures and how they became the true norm amongst different societies? Things like for a woman to be proposed to, the…