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Ok, I did write another blog upon my return from Uganda June 15th. For more information on Uganda and a follow up to my initial blog, please read my blog on "Returning home to Kampala"

After the long journey we were getting closer to home. We left Addis Ababa exactly an hour and a half after landing there to pick up passengers to Entebbe. We began our finally decent into Entebbe an hour after leaving Addis Ababa, it had been raining so the air was so fresh. Going through Immigrations were a breeze because my best friend is an immigration officer and she came to meet us at the gate - awesome! I was so happy to meet her after such a long time of absence from home. My family w...

I don’t do diaries, but somehow today I have a craving to write. Sitting in a pub, in Nairobi, just finished an outstanding trip through Uganda and Kenya. It was superb, but yet I’m sitting here, drinking a bottle of Tusker, Kenyan lager, and I’m… incredibly sad. Why?   “My” waiter greeted me by name, didn’t even have to ask what I need, in 2 seconds bottle is on my table, and that’s how deeply I love my beer (or any other drink for that matter).   But coming b...

so, i can't adequately capture the ways in which my trips to uganda have impacted me...but here is a snipet:) uganda is probably not high on the list of "tourist" destinations despite the reference to it being the "pearl of africa", the source of the nile complete with some of the best rafting in the world (but get there fast...they are planning to dam the nile to solve some significant energy issues at which point the rapids will be gone), and famous gorillas. although i am generally not m...

Fall semester of my senior year in college, I left to work at an orphanage and shoot a documentary...here are some photos for everyone. Sorry, they're not really in any order.

   It was around 10pm in nearly pitch black darkness when my plane touched down on what seemed a very dimmly lit runway in  Entebbe, Uganda.  As I walked off the plane onto the tarmac I was greeted by a starry night sky, a slightly chilly, but refreashing breeze, and an unfamiliar country.   I then approached the terminal, which more so resembled a small military hangar, took a deep breath and nervously searched my pockets for my passport as guards with rifles wa...

Im going to start my journal in Masindi (well...just before, but i can't remember the name of the rhino park. If anyone knows i'd be happy to be reminded).  The people that work at this park were brilliant. We actually arrived after it had closed and they'd stopped monitoring the rhinos for the night, but the boys went out of their way to go on a hunt for these fascinating animals assuring us that if they weren't sucessful we didn't have to pay!  They did find ...

Finally arrived...it's nice and warm (a big change from Germany!!).  A big culture shock already too, the roads and the people, and the traffic...OMG the traffic is something else!!  I have never seen such craziness!!

Uganda was amazing. I experienced tragic sights but beautiful ones at that. Sometimes this place overwhelmed me with the need. I left something there and took something back. I left my camera at home which is a tragedy in itself. I acquired a really cheap one with no flash in the airport. Even still my pictures aren't the quality I would have had with my own camera, but I'm happy that I was able to get some shots to remember details I might have forgotten otherwise.

The journey there It was a bit of a shock when I was informed that Lau was doing Kwanjula on Saturday. Kwanjula it turns out is the ceremony that is performed when the man goes the woman's home to ask for her hand in marriage – basically an engagement ceremony. I never got any message from that hoax Lau that he was getting engaged so you can imagine the shock when Silvia his sis tells me to head there for his Kwanjula.   ...

Dunno why i do find Kampala is an interesting African city. People and traffic are everywhere at anytime. People are always busy for sth..maybe working..or farming for their own familes... Everyone is so hard-working. Uganda is really one of the fast-growing country in Africa. ...People are very nice here...and the countryside is so green..

music is my life.......

This is going to be quite a long article...so make sure you’ve a good cup of tea (maybe a pot) and some biscuits (I find hobnobs a suitable choice). Background How on earth did I end up on a 21 day trip to Uganda to teach first aid and fire safety? That’s a question I’ve often asked myself. I blame Gilly (my boss). In December we had a meeting with the chair and treasurer of the Mityana Community Foundation to see if it was possible to host a gala concert to raise money for the charity...

Of course it was successful but i had to go through a lot to get the best out of my gorilla safari to Uganda. It all started from the book i read about these apes. The book titled, "Gorillas in the Mist" gave me an inspiration and i definitely considered Africa for my next destination to track the mountain gorillas.The first thing i did was to Google up for gorilla safaris and i got many options and preferences. My biggest worry was the price since i consider myself a budget traveler. In orde...

Last summer i spent 3 weeks camped on the banks of the river Nile. The army sponsored a few of us to build a well in a nearby village. We also did an 80km treck and learnt how to kayak the deadly rapids! Going white-water rafting and quad biking were an added bonus.