Kimbu chameleons

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Leaving the gorillas behind, we exit Rwanda and re-trace our route back through Uganda to Jinja, an adventure capital at the source of the great River Nile. Having seen the gorillas, we were now able to eat meat (we’d avoided eating anything remotely dodgy beforehand, as those with the slightest sign of illness aren’t allowed to trek), so we happily tucked into goat and chicken at the chaotic roadside markets.

We spend a few days at Jinja, mountain biking and rafting the Nile - a great experience which practically the whole truck took part in. I came back to the truck with chunks taken out of just about every finger and both feet, but it was an awesome day... sadly though, one with no photos!

Leaving Jinja, we drive to Kimbu in Kenya, on our way to Lake Nakuru and our first game drive. We stay on a farm known for its chameleons and knitting club - a cooperative set up to provide local women with employment, and now exporting knitted goods worldwide. After visiting a local school to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (off key) to a class of 5-year olds, we head out of the farm to hunt for chameleons, which we find disappointgly easily in the hedge! Tiny things, no more than 10 centimetres long, we watch as they slowly crawled along our hands, and changed their pigmentation to match whatever clothing they cross. Very cool.

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Photos

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Kenana Primary School

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African children clearly eraptured by our singing

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Spot the odd one out...

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Can you see it??