Background: Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,000 lives. During the 1990s, the government promulgated non-party presidential and legislative elections.
May 16th 2008Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Fort Portal I hope you all are fine! I read that the weather in the Netherlands is very good last weeks. That's good to know, cause it means probably that you're somehow having a good time.
At the moment I'm ... [full story]
May 14th 2008Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kabale hey all
the internet here sucks ass so this will be a short one. weve survived the first few days on our own and are now in the south of uganda in a town called kabale. we were up close and personal ... [full story]
April 29th 2008Africa » Uganda » Central Region » Kampala Here is the story of a unique trip I experienced in Kampala...
We were staying at a campsite in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda for a few nights and it was lovely. There were cute little monkey ... 4 photos[full story]
April 18th 2008Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kisoro The Eye of the Gorilla
We'd started in Nairobi, and we headed to the West
Through Kenya and Uganda where the roads are not the best
And we moved towards Rwanda, where it bords with DRC
And the C ... 7 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kibale National Forest Hello everyone,
How're you all doing? I think I'll keep on writing this blog in English, though Nina is back home, but I know at least some of the German readers will still follow the blog, and I t ... [full story]
May 9th 2008Africa » Uganda » Eastern Region » Jinja Well, we are back in one piece from white water rafting the Nile river in Jinja. WHAT A TRIP THAT WAS!!! Oh my LORD!! hahaha it was the most fun I think I've ever had - four Grade 5 rapids plus a bunc ... [full story]
April 23rd 2008Africa » Uganda » Eastern Region Leaving Mbale was strange; sitting in the car, feeling like I was getting sucked back through the worm-hole I took to get there, which at the time felt like I was burrowing deep into some unreachable ... [full story]
May 7th 2008Africa » Uganda Sorry voor het kunst- en vliegwerk van de vorige bijdrage, maar de vrees onze netwerkverbinding te verliezen heeft ons genoopt hals-over-kop de foto’s te uploaden, zodat de tekst onafgewerkt en ... 10 photos[full story]
May 6th 2008Africa » Uganda » Central Region » Entebbe Hello again!! I don't think Matt fully captured everything that has been going on the last little while so I'll fill in some gaps... First of all, everyone here is really amazing. They call white peop ... [full story]
May 5th 2008Africa » Uganda » Northern Region » Murchison Falls NP hey all. we just got back from our first safari in northern uganada. the park was called murchison falls national park. there were sooo many animals! it was amazing to see them all sooooo close. howev ... [full story]
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