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Jinja Slideshow
Jinja
Travel Blogs from Jinja, Uganda
Lookin Good!!
Hello All!!! Well Im thinking that Ugandan is like the rest of the world.. yes gripped by football fever or as the cola advertising campaign here says - "we all speak football" ... I must say even i have been watching quite a few matches - well about ...
Drinking THE Nile & Drinking Nile by the Nile
It amazes me how the human brain can translate small everyday goings on into reminders of dread and terror: * Looking through the bakery window to see ...
Riding the Jinja rapids
... , let your life jacket take charge as you go with the current and just float down the Nile. Shockingly, this experience is in a whole different category to chimp tracking so any comparisons are impossible. Both were awesome and Uganda has been ...
White water rafting
... this drop looming up ahead. Our raft flipped over twice, which although a little scary, was actually quite fun. I would definitely go white water rafting again. The river was really beautiful as well. After Jinja we headed back over the border to ...
Preparation is what you need!!
Hello All!! I have soooo many photos that ive decided to split the zoo trip into the preparation day and then the zoo - just want you to share as much as possible! We had 2 Deaf men, Moses and Moses, come to teach the children the signs for the Zoo ...
White water rafting on the Nile
Rafting ont he Nile? Why not! The heart of the Nile is in Uganda and the rapids at the beginning of the worlds longest river do not dissappoint. The day started with an early pick up in Kampala and a 2 hr drive east through the country side to a little ...
Build UP date!
Hello all!! Sorry for the delay in updating... a number of reasons for the delay: 1. Power shortages 2. internet going down 3. More importantly i was busy!! 4. I was laying low (so much so my sis phoned to ask had i been kidnapped) 5. Ive ...
Pictures of Surviving the Nile
Hey Everyone, for some reason the computers will not let me upload pictures so here is my friend's travelblog with three pictures of us on the Nile! :) Enjoy Go to www.laurenwalshkenya.blogspot.com ...
A Weekend in Stylee by the Nilee
... laidback feel than Kampala. It is a welcome break for me but it is partly due to Amin having driven out Asians from Uganda in 1972 and replaced those in business, a considerable amount in Jinja, with his own people who lacked the same business ...
Some kind of Christmas special
... and see if it was something that would work on both sides. From what I have read and been told by locals, street kids in Uganda are not homeless, for the most part, the lucky ones will be from a large family where their parents aren´t able to support ...
the calm before the inevitable storm
... Nile to look forward to tomorrow!! Start: Phil and Claire's home, Kampala, UG. 14:30 End: Nile River Explorers Camp, Jinja, UG. 17:20 Distance Traveled: 110 km Road Conditions: roads are ok, it's the crazy raving mad buses overtaking at every ...
Back, Safe and Stoked in Uganda
Hello Everyone! I am happy to inform you all that I am back in Uganda. Happy, safe and loving every minute of it as I imagined I would. We arrived on Thursday the 15th after a long few days of traveling, but it was enjoyable, and went by fairly ...
Celebrating Nile River Style
Written by Erica The "Ups and Downs" of life abroad in Africa are to be expected. Here is a definite “Up." Living near “once in a lifetime” kinds of places is something not to be taken for granted. The 2nd of July was our ...
Jinja, the Source of the Nile
Jambo from Uganda!! On Wednesday (7/19), we crossed the border into Uganda and headed towards the city of Jinja. The city is on Lake Victoria, the headwaters of the Nile River. We stayed there three nights. The next day for us was a relaxing day ...
Nile Source
Customs & Immigration into Uganda was a breeze, we decided to stop over at a town called Jinga which was a short drive thus ensuring the day did not blow out into a last minute dash before night fall to find a camp. Unbeknown to us Jinga is the ...
arrived safe and sound
... etc. Because school is off and Mike is skint he hasn't had the money to pay for transport to meet me.. oh the joys of Uganda! Over the last few days we've had so many power cuts and its rained so much! Making the roads impassible and my feet very ...
Last few days in Africa
Only a few more days left! Sort of sad to be going so soon...it seems like a lot of people are leaving/have left this week though, which is only slight consolation. So, the last few days I haven't done anything out of the ordinary really. Said a few ...
Sources du Nil
Je fais pour la deuxième fois les sources du Nil. En effet, je les avais déjà vu au Burundi. Celle en Ouganda sont plus commerciales. En effet, il ne s'agit pas de sources à proprement parler, car on voit le fleuve Nil-Victoria sortant du lac ...
Jinja
... to the campsite during the sunset. After spending a couple of days in Kampala, I headed out to Jinja, the second largest town in Uganda, situated on Lake Victoria. This is where the actual source of the Nile is located where the ...
Stopping for "Short Calls"
I am in Jinga, Uganda right now. The following entry details my travel from Nairobi, Kenya to Jinja, Uganda. My bus to Jinja had a planned departure time of 7 pm. I wanted to get to the bus terminal in Nairobi before the sun went down as the bus ...
We have walls!!
Hello All We have walls!! It was so exciting to get onto site today - to see that our first foundation wall is built. By the time i left site we had a second completed and then the third started. Ive been cementing in bricks today and shovling ...
White water rafting the source of the Nile River
... have a local approach me and want to chat for a while. Most are interested in our lifestyles back home and why we are visiting Uganda. I never say I am travelling for a year. It just doesn't seem right that I tell people that have to struggle every day of ...
Adjusting to Africa
... to be in...small enough that everyone knows each other, but close enough to a bigger town that you can get away with relative ease. Jinja is about a 15 minute boda-boda (moped) ride from Bujugali, as long as there are no flat tires or gas pit-stops along ...
14 hrs to Uganda
While in Kenya, we took a 14 hr sojourn to Uganda. Unplanned, life-threatening, and swindling experience though it was - it ended up being one the of the most incredible experiences of my life. Learn more at: ...
8 Foot Black Cobra
... relative somewhere on their premises, in this case the back of the house. This was the first time ive attended a funeral in Uganda. Erics father had a brick house with big lands, he must have been wealthy. Which explained the type of people he had at ...
Compassion Visit in Entebee
... give her love for the rest of her life, we were so sad to leave. If you are interested in supporting a child like Maundesia in Uganda or any other country in the world, read the details on the Compassion website. For only $32 per month you can change a ...
Whitewater Rafting on the Nile...
... just due to the people working being irresponsible. Karan the bastard returns. :D Came down to Jinja, the city where the Nile begins before going thru Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt...stayed here for 2 nights, went whitewater rafting yesterday. It was ...