Jousting with lions

This is straight out of the "You can't make it up" category.

We had two days of riding to get to our next activity, Chimpanzee Trekking. To get there we had to go via Kampala and it's crazy rush hour traffic. After an hour and a half of fun with the cars, buses, trucks and bikes the clutch went in Mark's bike. It was pushed to a nearby expensive hotel and we waited for an overnight fix.

The following list covers the events required to get to the chimp trekking.

Mark's clutch fault. "Fixed" next morning.
Mark's clutch failed again after 30kms.
Mark continues on Ayaz's bike.
My chain comes off, no adjustment left.
I get a puncture. Ayaz, following in a car picks me up and takes for repair.
When Ayaz collects the bike later, wife of man I paid to look after it refused to let him take it until the man returned.

Next morning.

Replacement bike for me breaks down in the way.
Chain comes off 650 again making us miss chimp trekking.
Confusion over need for car to reach trekking after paying nearly makes us miss afternoon session.
Ayaz runs out of petrol at gate to trekking.
After trekking Ayaz's car blows a transmission line and leaves us stranded.
Mechanic uses "fixed" GS 1200 to reach us and Mark ferries us back to camp.
Clutch fails again on the 1200.

Mark managed to continue on Ayaz's bike, following seat and tyre change.

I was presented with a XLR 400, loaned from a local.