We had a reasonably easy border crossing into Uganda wish I could say the same for the 'roads'. We could easily have been driving through the middle of fields judging by the speed we could go and the pot holes (some the size of a large dog). The difference between Kenya and Uganda was immediately obvious and incredible. The houses were round thatched mud huts in the middle of banana plantations, people on the side of the road seemed more aloof with only a few waving at us as we went by. Our first stop was Kampala, the capital. Our first [View Full Entry]

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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 with black and white colubus monkeys which was amazing. theyre so silly. were heading out again in a few days to go golden monkey tracking and cave exploring...talk to you all soon!!! It's Shannon now, I'm going to fill in a couple details. We stayed at this super cool community campsite the last couple days and it was awesome, [View Full Entry]

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To read "There are many, many mad people here," please click here: http://www.travelgator.com/do/blogs/The-Travelin-Gator-Tours-the-World I apologize for the chronological confusion; it took a bit of time for the good folks at TravelGator to add my recent posts. This was set in Uganda, before my latest post in Rwanda (and ignoring the fact that I'm typing this in Kenya). All the same, enjoy. [View Full Entry]

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Danes je zadnji dan, ko bom zapisala: voda je! Ampak ker ni bilo elektrike, seveda ni bilo tople vode. Kljub vsemu mi je hrabrost omogocila, da sem si pod malo pipco umila lase, ker je bila ze res kriza. Ker je bilo se dokaj zgodaj - okoli pol devete ure - sem sla malo naokoli s koncnim ciljem Royal Supermarket. Vzela sem s sabo fotic in malo pofotkala zaspane nedeljske Kabale. Zanimiva scena, celo do te mere, da je bil Royal se zaprt. Zato sem sla pac do ta drugega in ugotovila, da voda stane enako - liter in pol za [View Full Entry]

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Zjutraj se nam je prikazala - ne, ne Marija, no, skorajda - voda! Baje je prisla ze prejsnji vecer, ampak ker smo prehitro podlegli, tega cudeza nismo docakali. Po ah in oh tusu je sledil na izi zajtrk, potem pa so pocasi zaceli kapljati udelezenci. Hudo! Ob 10.15 se nas je tako nagnetlo v coffee room kar zajetno stevilo poslusalcev in predavateljic (!): Mankica, Marjut, Kesse (ki sem jo vceraj po nerodnem preimenovala Cathy) in jaz. Nekaj uvodnih besed je povedal Miha, potem pa predal besedo nam. Ali bolje receno meni. Stala! Najprej sem jih skusala zabavati in animirati z definicijami [View Full Entry]

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Bad news - Mankica je zbolela. Zjutraj ji je bilo slabo, kar se je manifestiralo v hrani, ki gre v nasprotno smer. Fasala je tudi nekaj vrocine, ampak je bilo po oralni seansi mnogo bolje. Tako da je odlezala cel dan in bila do poznega popoldneva ze cisto ok. A s tem tezav se ni bilo konec. Nekaj je crvicilo tudi Aljoso in Pamelo (Mihatovo zeno), tako da je moralo biti nekaj v zraku ali pac v hrani, ki smo jo vsi jedli. Hm. Z mano je bilo zacuda vse v redu ... ali pa morda moj cas se pride? In [View Full Entry]

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Mmmmmmmm. Postelja. Mmmmmm. Spali sva do kaksnih pol devetih in se pocasi prebudili v dokaj soncno nedeljo. Neverjetno: obema se zdi, da sva tukaj ze sto let, ker se je zgodilo milijon drobnih in ogromnih stvari, v resnici pa sva tu le teden in en dan. Bizarno. Staff se tudi üe ni dobro prebudil, zato sva prve jutranje trenutke izkoristili za internet. Sledil je zajtrk, meni je pripadla palacinka z banano in medom. In indijski caj. RES se nama ni nic dalo, zato sem jaz oprala perilo, Mankica pa lase (pri njeni dolzini je to zares podvig!), tudi kartice sem spisala. [View Full Entry]

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Zjutraj je bilo spet vse bolj na easy, ceprav sem ustala ob 8h, in se - v jutranjem soncu!!!!!! - pogumno podala pod tus. Juhej! Spet cistoca. Drugi dan zapored. Je to mogoce? Tokrat sem bila pravocasna za zajtrk in konkretno sem se nazrla ananasa in papaje. Nikoli ne ves, kdaj jih lahko zmanjka. Zakaj je bilo za naju vse skupaj bolj na easy, je razlog v tem, da ne greva na canoe trekking, ki traja do ponedeljka. Odkrito povedano: dovolj imam spanja v sotoru kot sardine (v programu je bilo omenjeno, da bo takih nocitev mnogo, mnogo manj), ziveti v [View Full Entry]

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Prejsnji vecer so nas posvarili, da lahko naokoli lomastijo nilski konji, ampak na sreco nas ni nic pomendralo, tako da smo se v jutro zbudili v enem kosu - in to ze ob nekaj cez cest, ko je Sampo zacel rjuti naokoli naso budnico. Jebiga, za sprehod skozi park vse. Zapeljali smo se malo bolj proti vhodu, dobili vodnika Jamesona in vzeli pot pod noge med divjino. Lake Muro je menda edini park, kjer se lahko nemoteno sprehajas. In imeli smo kaj videti! Najprej ze omenjene imapel, zebre, divje svinje, pticev mnogo ... Noro! Najvecji podvig je bil seveda spet izogibati [View Full Entry]

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Winston Churchill labelled it, 'the Pearl of Africa', probably after sinking one too many gin Martinis; but, despite the rampant poverty and tragic history, Uganda does have a charm all of its own. The country is famous for all the wrong reasons - most people, when they hear the name, think instantly of good ol' Idi Amin and his reign of terror, or, if they are more of a current affairs buff, perhaps the peasant-slaughtering, god-bothering Lord's Resistance Army, who are still running wild in the nation's north. But regionally, Ugandans have a reputation for their honesty, friendliness [View Full Entry]

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