Uganda

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Melanie's Uganda Pictures

I wanted to simply post pictures but they didn’t seem right to me without a little commentary too—composed on jetlag after 22+ hours of flying so...apologies in advance and feel very free to ignore the words and just skim the pictures : ) This is Richard, the community outreach worker with...

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Melanie on July 24, 2008 from Kampala, Uganda

from the travel blog: Uganda

The land that stole my heart

Uganda and Guerillas (gorillas) The tour got under way and we quickly headed out of Kenya and into one of the most beautiful places on Earth. This place mesmorized me by the people, the landscape and the struggles it had over come. We entered into Uganda through a long wait at the border...

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crAsh13 on September 07, 2007 from Kampala, Uganda

from the travel blog: East Africa in 2007

Rafting the Nile

The benefits of Jinja, Uganda: 1. beautiful scenery (Lake Victoria and source of Nile)map2 2. White Water Rafting 3. Monkeys in the trees 4. Nile Special is brewed locally So while in Jinja, we relaxed, met friends, went shopping in town AND white water rafted the White Nile River...

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crAsh13 on September 05, 2007 from Jinja, Uganda

from the travel blog: East Africa in 2007

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Trekking to see Gorillas

An experience I would not have if it were not for my parents. They financial supported this expedition, as it get continuously more expensive to see gorillas in the wild. This is mostly due to politics and high cost of protection. We drove like bats out of hell across Uganda to get to the...

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crAsh13 on September 02, 2007 from Kampala, Uganda

from the travel blog: East Africa in 2007

tagged Uganda and Gorillas

Hanging out with Jo

My sister has just flown back to the UK, no doubt exhausted after doing an all-nighter, going from party to plane in one easy step. She spent three weeks here, seeing the delights of Rwanda and trekking farther a field to Uganda in the middle. Uganda was stressful in place, (especially when I...

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Sue Crook on July 23, 2007 from Masindi, Uganda

from the travel blog: Rwanda

An illegal holiday in Uganda

I just spent 9 days as an illegal immigrant in Uganda! Whoops! Slight cock-up with my Visa, as in I just walked right passed the office and no-one stopped me! Anyway, on the return leg I was very angelic-like and apologetic and so they let me off, with a ‘next time’ warning!! So my 9 days...

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Sue Crook on April 18, 2007 from Kampala, Uganda

from the travel blog: Rwanda

Gorilas in the mist

Gorillas in the mist… So it was time to take on these famous gorillas….it all started with a 12 bus ride down to the far south western part of Uganda, to Bwindi Impenetrable national park.. We got in about 8pm and we had to begin the big trek at 8am the next morning…After a sleepless night...

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jem_gret on February 11, 2007 from Kabale, Uganda

from the travel blog: East Africa and beyond....

Our travel to the source of the NILE!

So we said farewell to Tanzania and boarded our plane to Kampala, Uganda. Thinking we had escaped the madness of Dar, we landed in Kampala and it turned out to be just crazy… our hotel was smack bang in the middle of the city and there are people, cars and just chaos everywhere… admittedly we...

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jem_gret on February 07, 2007 from Kampala, Uganda

from the travel blog: East Africa and beyond....

bujagali falls

hi all sorry havent updated this for a while but i've been in Uganda for a week and before that it was a bit hectic with all the floods and stuff. we've now moved to a new village - alendu- and started work at hovic today biulding a kitchen to feed street kids. i also squashed 2 of my fingers...

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