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Jinja Slideshow
Jinja
Travel Blogs from Jinja, Uganda
Dicing with Death and Jess
I love rafting, its just great fun as terrifying as some of it can be, by the end of the day (knock on wood) you will think, 'I want to do that again, maybe as a job, maybe even just live on a raft! The Nile was really no exception and perhaps just down ...
Rain, glitter and cow dung
... loads.. one old man had a bike with 4 steel milk churns.... poeple here are made of sterner stuff!! Went to the backpackers in Jinja for dinner... Una, Emily and me... we got a Piki Piki ( man pedalling a bike) we had so much stuff i was carrying a ...
chilling
hey not much done today, though Rebeca one of the ladies who showed me around on the first day left, so it was nice to spend lunch and say goodbye to her apart from that planned my next step for next week, on site again next week, but this week is my ...
The village walk
... night of drinking Will and I missed the pancakes the girls had made early that morning. We all went on a village walk in Jinja which was amazing. We had a really cool local guide who owned the restaurant which was just a shack with a few tables and ...
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
... as fun, as was just lazing around in the calm water and going for a swim (and getting sunburnt again...). If anyone is ever in Uganda, definitely go for a trip on these rapids, we used the company Adrift (www.adrift.ug), costing $125 for the whole day and ...
Those 4 Awkward Days
... . We decided to head out to Jinja that day, in order to get a head start on our plans for Saturday. Jinja is more or less to Uganda what Queenstown is to New Zealand - the kind of thrill-seeking adventure town, offering things like white-water rafting, ...
Rafting the Nile
An early start for Team Simba to make us a proper fry up - and they did a very good job (using the large quantity of bacon and sausages we had overspent on). Then it was signing waivers etc for our rafting trip. We headed down to the Nile...not a long ...
Over the Boarder to Uganda
... in Kenya and Uganda. As i was leaving he said he would be praying for us while we were on the River. Uganda felt very different than kenya from the moment we entered. At first it seemed like there was a lot less rain fall but as we ...
Official Disownment will occur...!
... had gone out for the afternoon with Ange, Dom and Yvette that left me and tracey to sort out the shopping. This entailed a trip into Jinja town...about 10mins on the back of a scooter...well i had never been on any type of bike in my life except a push ...
Jinja and the source of the Nile
... people staying at the campsite to help out for a day or two on local projects. They're rennovating every school in the Jinja area and they definitley need it. Lake Victoria and the Nile are very beautiful, and it was lovely sitting under the trees by ...
Jinjanut Dreams
... -orientated situations, the reason people come to Jinja is to raft the River Nile, the disputed source of which (shared by Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda) is 'officially' Lake Victoria which, given its size is almost impossible to think that it took so long ...
White water rafting
... some of the last people ever to ride (some) of the rapids. To celebrate being alive on the Saturday night we went to Jinja's biggest spot, the Casino/Club. Won some money on blackjack, lost it on roulette. Unfortunately drank too much and ...
The Mighty White Nile
Back into Uganda. Stopped at Jinja, at a lovely campsite. Where we drank plenty and decided to White Water Raft the MIghty White Nile. The most scary experience of my life to date. I'm sure I'll try it again ...
wild or mild durring "dry season"
Note* if you detect a hint of sarcasm during these next lines, know that I had a terrific time! When rafting the Nile at Jinja know that there is no real difference between those two terms: "wild" or "mild". All the rapids are grade 5 (which means the ...
A day I would like to both remember and forget
... to enter again to journey for a few days back to Tiddy and Martin's home in Nanyuki, so we set off. In November, Uganda hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which included a visit from the Queen. In honour of this, the Uganda government ...
volunteering
Today we had an early start and as we had a long 13hr drive back to Jinga. We also crossed the equator again. We didnt do much that night but the next day Nat volunteered for 2 days while Leon did nothing but chill around the camp site and the bar. ...
Jinja
Today the crew headed off white-water rafting on the Nile. I staying in the campsite, in the bar over-looking the Nile - what a massive river - - you don't realise it until you are seeing people canoeing in the river and they look like a tiny speck. ...
entry about the B-Day ,40th if you didn't know
... breakfast then into Jinja for some looking. Not much top buy there and getting used the currency change is hard 1 american dollar is 1700 Uganda shillings. But we did meet some nice people and saw a few nice places as well. Then back to the hotel and ...
Jinja town - "Adventure Capital of East Africa"
I've been itching to do some traveling and sightseeing around Uganda, and this weekend presented itself as a great opportunity to do just that. I was able to hook up with a shuttle in Kampala that provided transportation au gratis to their river ...
Umm…back through Kampala to Jinja
... outside of Kampala. 2) Morning game drive…where we saw warthogs…and not much else. 3) Drive through Uganda to the equator, where we had lunch and took silly equator-related pictures. 4) Drive to Kampala -- about 2:00 ...
etwas Hakuna matata
Während die anderen alle auf dem Nil für ein Rafting sind, kann ich endlich mal wieder den Luxus von WIFI geniesen. Fotos hochladen, Blogeinträge aktualisieren. Einfach die Seele etwas baumeln lassen. Das kann man in dieser "Strandbar" auch super... ...
More from Jinja...
... the nation. Jinja town is known for its adventures on the Nile, but is also known as one of the most developed towns in Uganda, thanks to the businesses established and run by Asian Ugandans over the years. While many left in the early 70s, a good ...
rafting the Nile
... start to the day…. we get up in the dark more days than in the light (not a morning person if you cant tell). we reach Jinja which sits on the Nile by about 3pm – it's a fantastic place! the pub is set up like a tree house overhanging the Nile ...
In Uganda....
... of Kenya, and then wait for the truck to get allowed through, and then we had to drive a little further and get stamped into Uganda. Stamp cost me $50!! We continued on our journey and stopped randomly in the middle of nowhere for lunch. We set up at the ...
Jinja
... the most amazing part of our visit there. SoftPower movement Our first direct interaction with the kids came at our initial stop in Uganda, Jinja. Our campsite in Jinja stands out as one of the more striking places we stayed as it sat on a tall ...
Rafting the Nile!!!!
... are hopeful there will be a harvest before we leave. We started last weekend off by hanging out with the other Real Uganda volunteers and welcoming a few newbies. On Saturday we treated ourselves to a day at the pool. In Mukono, there ...
Adventure and African smiles
... a lady who used to work for Oasis, overlanding in Africa. Soft Power Education focuses its work in rural areas of Uganda and has four related areas to improve the quality of life through education. 1) Refurbishment of primary schools 2) Education centres ...