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Jinja Slideshow
Jinja
Travel Blogs from Jinja, Uganda
Arrived safe and sound
... i can fill you all in! I arrived yesterday morning after an overnight flight where i got little sleep, but met a lovely Uganda woman, Christine, who was a pleasure to sit beside. I knew that there was another volunteer due to arrive at the same time as ...
Living it up like a rockstar in Uganda!
... ! We left Friday afternoon for our trip to Uganda. We went through immigration on the border and took a bus to our destination in Jinja, Uganda. When we arrived, we checked into our hostel and ate dinner on the Nile River. It was amazing! I sipped on a ...
Fruit in a machine
... through to Rwanda and not stop in Uganda for anything other than an overnight stop, e.g. no acitvities. So we stopped in Jinja (Uganda) for the next 3 nights while most people went white water rafting down the Nile river. I had to opt out since my 5 ...
Volunteer Painters
... if you don't like your deceased brothers wife??? After our tour, we hit the school, with our paintbrushes in hand. Uganda makes education a priority for its' children. A decent school, built of cinder blocks with iron bar windows, these ...
White Water Rafting on the White Nile
Today is the day that I was looking forward so much (and also fearing a bit)... White water rafting on the White Nile - grade 5 rapids! This is not a joke. You start very close from the source of river Nile and go down 12 rapids, more than half of them ...
Grandmothers and even Grander Rivers...
... on the Nile for Saturday morning so really wanted to arrive the night before – the Matatu ride from Kogelo to Jinja in Uganda took ages and included a fairly lengthy experience at the Busia border post but I eventually arrived at Nile River ...
A day of teaching
hey all first night of no sleep due to heavy heavy rain and also really bad stomach due to Indian food, hey im not eating meat so i dont know why the awful digestion system, but hey life realy sucks sometimes!!!, proper crappy sleep im seriously just ...
A week to remember
... build will help the school become governement staus and bring in better teaching.. But i found out the wage for the teachers in Uganda it is a shock compared the the english wage, but people in Uganda do not need as much money to survive, the money most ...
Agriculture fair
... to Jinga for bits and bobs today, but in fact the main reason was for the agriculture fair!! it was the main one in all of Uganda, all over people came, it was so so so busy!! probs because it was saturday there were stalls of tourist bits and bobs, i ...
Seeing Jinga
... Jinga is the name always on here, sozzle) Jinga is manic but one of the safest african cities. It is the 2nd largest city in Uganda, 2nd from Kampala the capital. We went to the interent cafe called the source, it was ok the connection here is slow by the ...
A day in Jinga
Hey all wow on a proper internet cafe where the internet is so much quicker and Skype works whoooo!! coming on a Boda boda on your own was daunting at first but really it was fine, the giys are friendly really, they just want your money they realy dont ...
A week of painting
hey guys whoever is reading my blog!! was introduced to the preschool kids yesterday and also shown the Soft power education education centre and how well the charity has made such a difference to the rural village in Jinga area. Seriously an amazing ...
Another exciting week
... after having loads of photos with the kids and feeling quite sad for leaving because we got to know the bilders so well, welearnt about uganda from them and they learnt about the english life from us, it was sad to leave, 'Welbala' which means thank you ...
Wild Whitewater at the Source of the Nile
... the abovementioned small unassuming town called Jinja. The water immediately hits two large dams which are currently causing great havoc in Uganda (power outages). But from there the mighty Nile roars down a series of rapids and small waterfalls as it ...
Rapids and near-death adventure fun
... be our local hangout while we were in town! The next day we hired mountain bikes and set about discovering the undiscovered Uganda! We pedalled for 4 hours in the sun (so much hotter than Ethiopia) through villages, waving and talking (where we ...
A day of chilling
Hey today was a day of chilling and a great lie in which was fab!! pretty cloudy today and perfect weather for just lazying around by the river Nile and swimming too and just catching up in my diary etc. others have gone to another pool but i didnt ...
Source of the Nile
We have spent two days in Jinja at the mouth of Lake Victoria - the source of the 6700-km Nile. The city is home to Owen Falls, a major hydroelectric dam. It is also home to, arguably, the toughest whitewater rafting in the world. We ...
The Source of Nile
Ireached my countrz No. 102, mainly to see the source of the longest river in the world. More to ...
The source of the Nile
This is going to be a quick one....which I will update at a later stage. Uganda is a beautiful country. It is very green and appears to have a lot of uncultivated land. The scenary is very rolling and covered in many many mud houses with the most ...
Uganda
Our first time passing through Uganda from Nairobi cost us$50 each for less than 24 hours, where else in the world? As we were trying to get to Kigali for the Gorillas on the night bus, as I've talked about in the Rwanda blog. Our time spent in ...
Thunderstorms
What a nice introduction to Uganda. Jose and I left Kenya for Uganda on what was Jose's first land crossing in Africa. We arrived in the town of Jinja in the early afternoon of the 7th. Jinja is pleasant little place. Instead of the dusty, ...
Early Life on an Overland Truck
Overland truck touring is unlike any other travel experience. An overland truck is essentially a moving van, with cut out windows, roll down tarps for window coverings and permanent benches against the walls with under-seat and under floor ...
"I have my sunscreen but you refuse to get yours."
... could be prescribed. It definately satisfied my nursing itch!! We then headed out to a remote village about 45 minutes outside of Jinja with two local nurses. We were told we were all giving a talk on family planning (aka: not having more ...
Foedselsdagsrafting
I dag var det Maltes foedselsdag, og vi fejrede det med en raftingtur paa nilen. Sandra havde overtalt ejeren af vores hotel i Entebbe til at faa et dansk flag som hang i receptionen, som han selv havde faaet i gave af nogle danskere, saa dagen startede ...
last day in Jinja time to move on though!!!
hey last day in Jinja!! whooo shoppin buying souvenirs and t-shirts whihc i depseratley need!!!! this time after doing proper market shopping the clothes parts are like one massive huge chairty shop!!! it was amazin!!!! 3 new tops and some awesome PJ ...
Ugandan current affairs
All See the press cuttings and signage above for an insight into the culture of this part of the world. Hope you enjoy! Combie and ...
Adventurous Jinja
... is not a racing tour as you have to watch out for kids being on the road, but it gives you a perfect inside view in Uganda's outback. The funniest thing we saw on that tour was a cow being tied to the backseat of a motorbike. We couldn't actually believe ...
last day of painting maybe :s
hey all finished the week painting, others went white water rafting, and now also going to organize where next week will take me, hopefully to the main city and who knows where!!! Dan is leaving today, its the start of the goodbyes this weekend, its ...
What God has joined together...
... think this car is cursed!) Now, the first guy was really ridiculous, because he stopped Adholla for his shattered windshield, yet in Uganda you seem to be weird if your windshield is not shattered. He quickly noticed that this was too strange and changed ...
Paddys Day and feckin eejits
... not have to pay the $50 visa fee.. Luck O' de Irish on Paddys day... One of the most noticeable differences between Kenya and Uganda is the scenery. Less then 10K past the border you would think you were actually in Ireland it is that green. It was ...