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Jinja Slideshow
Jinja
Travel Blogs from Jinja, Uganda
Adrenaline Junky!
... Rhino, Giraffe and Hippo - not far off having the Big 5 in stone! Bananna pancakes on the truck fro breaky, yum yum. Got to Jinja just after midday here. It is the hub for any adrenaline junkies here, bungee, white water rafting and a whole host of other ...
The Allison Kelly Adventure and Rafting the Nile
... said parents believed in my opinion). We then set off BACK to our favourite airport and flew into Entebbe airport in Uganda (just outside of Kampala, which was our final destination). We settled into a quite nice hostel just outside the city ...
White water rafting! weeee!
So yes, on sunday I cracked and went white water rafting. I couldn't not go really, as everyone else went...and it was so worth it. It was a full day on the white nile, including all meals. We started off with the basic instructions, flipping ...
A Dip at 50/50 and Tandem Kayaking.
... my bum from being bared to the world! The river has Bilharzia in it but it's pretty easy to pick up drugs for it around Uganda so I'll sort some out this week. I decided to go down the river in a tandem kayak today which was bigger, scarier and more ...
Rafting the Source
... been pretty clueless about the Nile River. I knew it was in Egypt and I knew it was pretty darn long. What I learned in Jinja, Uganda is that a) the source of the Nile is in southern Uganda, b) there's a heck of a lotta water, and c) there's ...
Bricks at last!
Hello All! We've started to lay bricks - YIPPEEE!!! The weather hasnt been the builders friend but despite the heavy rains we seem to pretty much be on schedule. On friday and this morning we lay concrete and hardcore. I tried going with a ...
Tubing on the Nile
... it behind for the savannah of Tanzania. ANYWAY, heading back to Nairobi means stopping at a few campsites already familiar to us - in Jinja and Eldoret. We spent a leisurely day and a half back in Jinja high above the Nile. We wasted the ...
A day trip to the source of the Nile
... hawkers hopefully paraded everything we would ever want to buy, from biscuits to radios to science revision books. We arrived at Jinja and found an Italian restaurant for lunch, it was very welcome. We met the friendly Kenneth from Nairobi who has ...
The Bananas are wet!
Hello all Well its been a fasinating few days! After marking the site out on Tuesday we have spent the last two days excavating the site... we have been hampered by the rains... i feel like i have a tap dancer above my head (my room has a ...
Mountain Gorillas. Need I Say More
... Lat: S01°16'34.0”, Lon: E29°56'24.6). This lake is what is left of an old volcano and is the deepest in all of Uganda at around 2km. On the way there we stopped at the equator for pictures and coffee. I found out there that my GPS isn't as ...
Jinja, Uganda! Rafting on the Nile!
This is the most compelling entry I will probably ever write about! On Friday March 27th, 2009, I (with volunteers) went to Uganda for the weekend. Although, the bus was WONDERFUL with music videos on flat screen TVs, and movies, and have reclined seats ...
Short Note: I'm turning Commenting off
I noticed that when someone posts a comment or when I reply to it, EVERYONE gets it. I could see how this may be annoying to people. So I turned off the commenting. You could still send me an email though by clicking my user name and sending a message ...
Hot shower - at last!
Hello All At long last the god of electricity has given us power and therefore a hot shower for me!! It came back last night as i had some girlies over for dinner - so i took my opportunity at 10.30 pm, no amount of mozzies were going to stop me! ...
Rafting the Nile.
I travelled by matatu from Kampala to Jinja on Tuesday morning. The journey through eastern Uganda is beautiful - fields upon fields of tea plantations that are the most verdant green you could imagine. A little boy came to sit next to me on the matatu to ...
Last stop before finishing
Our stay in Jinja is pretty much the last touristy stop before we head back to Nairobi. Jinja is situated on Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, and also considered to be the source of the Nile River. We had the opportunity to go rafting again ...
White Water rafting - River Nile
oh my goodness oh my goodness, cant actually believe it but dave and i went white water rafting on the white nile!!! Dave reckons its definitely the best rafting he has ever done. It was grade 5 stuff so the highest you can do commercially. There were ...
Swimming, Horse Riding and the Source of Nile
... source of the great river Nile, then went by a fishermen village on Lake Victoria, where I enjoyed the "matoke" (local dish made of green bananas) and a delightful fish stew, plus a beer. Last day in Uganda. I want to come here ...
Christmas at the Source of the Nile
... Jinja we headed to Sipi Falls. We spent the night there and I had the opportunity to go on a hike to see the falls. Lonely Planet calls them the most "romantic" falls in Uganda. I don't know about that. They were beautiful ...
Rafting
Some of you may remember that during my first few weeks in Uganda, I took an adrenalin-pumping / fat-busting trip across the Nile river with a bunch of Indians and an Ethiopian. That trip was within sight of Bujagali falls and since getting a ...
Eldoret to Jinja
... car going all over the place. The border was an easy one and both sides were done in under an hour and we entered Uganda. We then headed towards Jinja where the supposed source of the White Nile is. It’s really just a river coming out a lake and not ...
Day 10
Hello All Friday was day 10 of our build.... we have full foundation walls, internal and external! We started to fill in the foundations with soil and then using some home made soil whackers (cant think of a better name of them) we pounded the soil ...
Long drives to Jinga - May 24-25
Our next two days are not remarkably interesting as we were driving all the way to Jinja (pronounced Gin - jah) to view the Source of the Nile. We overnight at a nice hotel in Mbarara before continuing on to another nice hotel - the Palm Tree - in ...
Escaping the Backpackers, Jinja
... trees providing shade everywhere. It was all very green and there was a sense of quiet domestic happiness, with children everywhere. In Uganda the youngest children (babies, to us) are minded by the 7-8 year olds, and children older than ten are put to ...
The Nile High Club
This is a top pick! ... . While we were taking photographs at the Equator, Sheila and I were asked to be interviewed by a young film crew from Uganda, who were producing a documentary about their country for a UK charity. Meanwhile, Denford, Gino and Matt were busy organising ...
Rafting the Nile at Jinja
... trees, and thick grass growing everywhere in between. It reminded me a lot of parts of Southern Thailand, in fact. Once I got to Jinja, Uganda's second city, situated at the source of the Nile at Lake Victoria, I caught a boda-boda (motorbike taxi) to ...
Jinja Nuts
Jambo! So after my terrible nightbus to Uganda I managed to make it to my hostel in Jinja and get a bit of rest which was much needed after the festival and bus ride. I then set off to wander around the town which promotes itself as being the source of ...
The Dust Monster
... are amazing.... they look over Bujagali Falls .... which is a river with rapids and a number of waterfalls. This part of Uganda is so green!! Lots of flowers and grasses, its beautiful!! The people are so friendly and helpful. Monday 4/10/04 My ...
White water rafting on the Nile
After a pleasant night's sleep & a beautiful sunrise accompanied by breakfast, Georgina & I were collected by Nile River Explorers. We are going to white water raft at the source of the Nile for 30 kms ... it's my first time doing such a ...
Playing catch up!
... way home we stopped at Shoprite again and loaded up on goodies and headed home. 5 November 2004 Went to a house party in jinja. Mackers and Jamie moved into an amazing house with 3 huge verandas. but like every muzungus (white person) house ive ...