Bigger IS Better

I forgot to give this sound piece of advice on Uganda: take BIG dollar notes with you when you travel there (and forget euros, they don't count). Maybe it's the same all over Africa (except Congo, where they actually use $US as regular currency), but I can only speak for Uganda so far: I had some $US50, $US100 and then smaller $US bills, thinking that it's easier to manipulate them. WRONG. At the bank, where I wanted to change shillings, the rate they give you is absolute CRAP for "small notes" such as 20, 10, 5 ($US 1 is not even recognized). So yes, bank on those hundreds to get you a good shilling return. Otherwise - cheap country (compared to Rwanda anything will be cheap, I guess), so enjoy your travels!!!