Masindi Hotel
Masindi, Uganda
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Rhino time
After yet another good night's sleep we had an early start heading back to Kampala, visiting a Rhino sanctuary at Ziwa on the way. Between the last 1970’s and 1983 rhinos were poached to extinction in Uganda, now they do not currently exist in the wild. The wildlife sanctuary started with 4 rhinos and over the last 10 years has managed to raise that total to 10.
We were driven around the electric fenced park ...
The Big 5.... minus 2
Deciding we'd rather not get caught up in election violence in Kampala, we headed up to Masindi. We really splashed out and hired a car & guide to see Murchison Falls. Its pretty damn impressive, the whole of the Nile is squeezed in to a gap a few meters wide. Apparently the waterfall was made famous from the film 'The African Queen' (never seen it). As part of the day out we had a game drive in our ...
From Jeeja to Bugiri
After a night of jetlagged sleep that caused me to wake completely at 3:00am (the typical body clock wake up time on this time zone). I lay awake for an hour listening to sounds of the African night. I am sure the family was happy for the short respite due to my loud snoring that I am sure could be heard to Kampala.
The day began an hour before sunup with the stirring of the daughters going to get water nearly a half ...
The Longest Day... Part 2
We had a shorter than anticipated 4 1/2 hour ride to the north west of Kampala to the rural town of Kigumba where we stopped at Pinka's office and I got a "bath" and was able to change clothes and then I went to a local church where people were waiting and I preached three sessions the remainder of the afternoon and early evening. I will be honest, preaching 3 times is not too terribly taxing on me, ...
Surprise Day
Lucy's Blog-
Hey, back at the Crown now, bit of a let down from Paraa- miss the food and the comfy beds. We are off to Kampala tomorrow, should be a good change. Just have to get through the Bishop’s Son’s wedding first. Say hi to the guys at the derby for me and let them know I can’t wait to get back to work….NOT hehe. Hope you are all well, and the dogs have behaved themselves.
See you all soon, Love Lucy xxx p.s Mummy I was ...
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