Leaving Murchison behind us, we stopped over in Kitgum to garner some information on the road ahead to Kidepo National Park.
Once again, Angie and Johann had organised us telephone numbers of the appropriate persons to call. So we phoned Patrick, the owner of Nga’Moru Wilderness Camp on the border of Kidepo and planned to meet him at a place called Fuglys the following morning.
We arrived at Fuglys late in the morning, had a cup of coffee and waited for Patrick to arrive. When he got there, we were at first not too sure what to make of him. His face covered in a huge bushy beard, long hair with bangs (:-)) and a larger than life personality. Very soon we came to realize that he is a wonderful person with an incredible history.
About 10 minutes after meeting him we had our first of many, many drinks that day. We 
were told in no uncertain terms that we would not be leaving that day and that we would join him and his friends for a braai that night. Admittedly not putting up much of a fight, we proceeded to have one of the most interesting and entertaining days (and nights) in a very long time.
During the festivities we found out that Kitgum is actually known as S**tgum and that Patrick’s friends are an incredible array of people.
Before things got too serious though, we made a point of finding out why Fuglys is called Fuglys. For those not too sure about it, yes, fugly means what you think it does. F***ing ugly. The story in short: a few years ago Patrick took over the possession of a pet goat from a work colleague. This goat (for various reasons) was called Fugly. When the time came to name their place in Kitgum, the decision was made to name it after the goat. 🙂 (The real version of the story is far more florid and entertaining, but cannot be repeated without the atmosphere of Patrick telling the story!)
After a heavy night, we slept very well indeed. Over breakfast and a cup of coffee the next morning, we were presented with a bill addressed as follows: To Astrid, Chris and Uncle 🙂
What a great place and what wonderful people!
