Hotel Bunia

... left in dark, oh yes and there was that incident when i <br>mistook another guy on our group for dave and gave him a good feel up and pat on the bum before dave standing next to him <br>said "uh lucy, what are you doing??" VERY embarrassing, especially seeing as though this guys wife was standing right next<br>to him, i felt like SUCH a dork!!! and the group have not let me forget about it since, so blind! On the way out of Kampala <br>we had a stop at the shoprite where we waited for ...

Kibale forest has the highest density of chimpanzees in the world and a number of the groups have been habituated to humans This basically means that for one hour in the morning and afternoon, 6 people plus a guide can set out to spend time with them and they won't necessarily run away or throw things at you.<br><br>It didn't take us too much searching in the forest to track them down given the amount of noise they were making - filling the ...

We have a civilized departure this morning to visit the Bigodi wetlands for bird watching and primate viewing. Several of the gang decides to remain at the lodge today and luxuriate in the lovely surroundings and fine service. The drive takes us back to Kigale National Park, where our friends the baboons are still hanging out on the highway. We get great views of colobus monkeys on the way into the wetlands, and several perform ...

Our drive to the Ituri Forest takes about three hours this morning including a petrol stop in Fort Portal and many stops for photos of people and stunning views. We approach the Rwenzori Mountains and reach a point where we can see the Albertine Rift Valley and the Congo in the distance.<br><br> Our walk in the forest takes us to see the female hot springs and the male hot springs. Along the way we see baboons and a few species of monkeys, but the ...

... have the good fortune to be able to photograph a fairly large family of baboons on the way out of the National Park.<br><br> Back to the fabulous lodge for an amazing 4-course dinner of pumpkin soup, locally grown &#8220;oyster&#8221; mushrooms (because they look like oysters) on toast, fish, vegetables and rice, and a crepe with honey for dessert. We hang out talking under the brilliant full moon, and all believe we have found paradise at last!

... we are not supposed to pay, but that the guards will ask for $30, which they will most likely pocket. Of course I disagree with working within that system, and so if I could avoid it I would. I also told Kevin about my ID card plan, he said, great idea, those should work. Then I laughed again and told him that I was told I wouldn&#8217;t need them, and then didn&#8217;t make one. <br><br>In the end, Kevin told them we were Canadian educators, at KP on official ...

Awoke this morning at 8.15am after an amazing nights sleep and lots of animal noise outside in the night. There was evidently hippo, buffalo and elephant in our camp last night and i think everyone woke briefly at 6am following a very loud roar, it was funny to hear everyones zips go up and down on tents. <br><br>Breakfast and the morning were to be a leisurely affair followed by another few hours of ...

<br> Breakfast was at 7am today and we left the camp site at 8am. We headed straight for Shoprite so Vesh could do some shopping for the next few days and we stocked up on alcohol and snacks. Dan is a little hungover so it's quite amusing to hang out with him and take the ****! We then set off for Kibale. There are cows here with huge horns so we had several photo stops to take pictures of them. Uganda is very green and lush, even more so than Tanzania or Kenya.

On the last day of the workshop, we had a big solar cook-off on the grounds opposite the church, where all the townspeople gathered after services. We cooked with solar cookers, hay baskets &amp; rocket stoves, and had a ceremony for all of the participants. It was a fun and rewarding day!<br>

We trained a group of 35 local men &amp; women to cook food &amp; pasteurize water with solar cookers, build solar cookers, and use hay baskets &amp; rocket stoves to supplement solar cooking. On Day #1 we explained how to cook with solar cookers, and showed the water testing results to reinforce the notion of clean water. <br>