Uganda, March 31 -- Travelling with friends brings utmost joy and imaginations of how the trip will advance, but personally travelling in the night got me thrilled.

We had made plans from January to tick Jinja off our 2024 travel bucket list. On our itinerary included tubing the Nile, water sliding and visiting the railway Museum in Jinja. On March 14, I boldly took a step of enjoying a night trip with my friends. Prior to the trip, I was not sure if I would go because of my night travel phobia. I started packing my bags on the night of departure.

Off we go

Heavy traffic delayed our departure from Kampala, but deep down I had unstoppable excitement. We left the city at 11pm and we opted to use the Gayaza-Bukoloto-Njeru route to beat ja...