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HotelChatter - ug http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T04:14:07Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Jessica Simpson Serenades Guests at the Kampala Serena Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/16/105759/35 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/jsimpserena.jpg" class="top"> Shes back Stateside now but gossip website <a href="http://www.popbitch.com/home">Popbitch</a> has just had news of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jessica%20simpson">Jessica Simpsons</a> recent stay in Uganda for her <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/7/85716/9384/travel/And+The+Next+New+Travel+Show+Will+Be+Hosted+By...Jessica+Simpson">new show</a>, The Price of Beauty. Apparently she stayed at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Kampala+Serena+Hotel+/local/995">Serena Hotel</a> in Kampala and was nice and unassuming - so much so, in fact, that she even gave guests a guitar recital at the hotel (maybe she should take up busking it also says her groups credit card was later declined at the airport). Rooms here currently go for $242, but if youre not on a Simpson-sized budget, Popbitch reckons that the <a href="http://redchillihideaway.com">Red Chilli Hideaway</a> is the nicest budget gaff in Kampala. Got a better idea? Let us juliab 2009-10-16T13:07:47-05:00 Uganda Hotel Scene :: An Upcountry Luxury Option Fit For A German President http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/29/7627/31499 <![CDATA[HotelChatter's newest contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ScarlettLion">Scarlett Lion</a> is filing her stories from Uganda. Every now and then, she'll be sending us dispatches about the hotel scene here. Got questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em to us</a> and we'll get them answered.<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/koehler.png" class="imgborder"> There's not much about "post-conflict" that makes people think "spa," but that's only if they haven't been to Boma Hotel in Gulu, northern Uganda. Gulu has been the epicenter of a conflict between rebels and the Ugandan government for more than the past two decades, but now that things seem calmer, the flak jackets are being replaced by mud wraps. While most upcountry hotels are never more than basic, Boma Hotel brings luxury in the bush to a ScarlettLion 2008-10-06T17:28:52-05:00 Uganda Hotel Scene :: Upcountry Hotel Breakfast Offerings http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/29/7140/82249 <![CDATA[HotelChatter's newest contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ScarlettLion">Scarlett Lion</a> is filing her stories from Uganda. Every now and then, she'll be sending us dispatches about the hotel scene here. Got questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em to us</a> and we'll get them answered. Earlier this week, we recommended you step out of your comfort zone and check out an <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/29/64750/9623/hotels/Uganda_Hotel_Scene_Take_a_Chance_on_an_Upcountry_Hotel_">upcountry hotel</a>, and yesterday we gave you <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/29/65137/0869/hotels/Uganda_Hotel_Scene_Your_Upcountry_Hotel_Vocabulary_Lesson">a vocab lesson</a> to help you along. Today, here's the scoop on upcountry hotel breakfasts. Enjoy. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/upcountrybreakfast.jpg" class="imgborder"> Breakfast is usually included in the price of an <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Uganda%20Upcountry%20Hotels">upcountry</a> hotel room, which at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/29/64750/9623/hotels/Uganda_Hotel_Scene_Take_a_Chance_on_an_Upcountry_Hotel_">JoJo</a>'s is 25,000 shillings non-self-contained, and 50,000 shillings self contained ($15 without a private bathroom, $30 with a private bathroom). Breakfast ScarlettLion 2008-10-02T13:45:37-05:00 Uganda Hotel Scene :: Your Upcountry Hotel Vocabulary Lesson http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/29/65137/0869 <![CDATA[HotelChatter's newest contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ScarlettLion">Scarlett Lion</a> is filing her stories from Uganda. Every now and then, she'll be sending us dispatches about the hotel scene here. Got questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em to us</a> and we'll get them answered. Earlier this week, we recommended you step out of your comfort zone and check out an <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/29/64750/9623/hotels/Uganda_Hotel_Scene_Take_a_Chance_on_an_Upcountry_Hotel_">upcountry hotel</a>. Today, here's a little extra help navigating the scene. Enjoy. <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/upcountryhotelssmall.jpg" class="imgborder"> The official language of Uganda is English, but English here is of its very own unique, um, interpretation. In Kampala, you'll find that most people will speak in a way that can be pretty easily understood, though some effort may be involved. Upcountry, all pretense at British English ScarlettLion 2008-10-01T16:30:35-05:00 Uganda Hotel Scene :: Take a Chance on an Upcountry Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/29/64750/9623 <![CDATA[HotelChatter's newest contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ScarlettLion">Scarlett Lion</a> is filing her stories from Uganda. Every now and then, she'll be sending us dispatches about the hotel scene here. Got questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em to us</a> and we'll get them answered. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ugandaupcountryroom.jpg" class="imgborder"> Kampala, Uganda, may be a bustling metropolitan capital, but nothing about the rest of the country is "bustling" or "metropolitan." Within minutes of leaving the city center, large buildings are nowhere to be found, houses with amenities like tile floors and running water and electricity recede into scores of banana trees separated by occasional mud-brick homes and concrete slabs that serve as stores and trading centers. Traveling north from Kampala to a town in the Acholi region, Gulu, ScarlettLion 2008-09-29T12:41:28-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/