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Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kabale June 21st 2007

We arrived at Lake Bunyoni (near Kabale) on tuesday afternoon and set up our tents. We then proceeded to have a big party, as often seems to happen when we arrive at a new campsite - I guess we always need to test the bar out! Most of the group had to get up the next day to move on to Rwanda to trek the gorillas, but as I (and one other from my truck) had decided not to, we spent the day relaxing at the campsite, and getting to know the other people there. The restuarant/bar here is quite amazingly slow! We ordered our food last night and it took 2 hours to arrive! And I even had to wait an hour for toast this morning! But, as everyone seems to say - TIA (this ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kabale April 6th 2007

It's Good Friday and I find myself at an art exhibition (the artist is Edward, husband of Penninah, the head of English at KHS) held in the White Horse Inn so have popped into the manager's office to borrow the (dial up connection) internet again! The last two days have been so eventful there's not a hope I can tell all here. In brief, yesterday I went to the Wisdom Day Care nursery started up 2 months ago by my English teaching partners Penninah and Enid, helped by a 3rd founder, Peter. They have cleaned out and painted some outbuildings and gathered a few sticks of furniture to make a nursery with the aim of rescuing some slum children from nearby. The most impressive thing about these women is their determination to achieve this, their ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kabale March 30th 2007

Hello! Think I left off where we were being escorted to the taxi by the police in Gesengyi! From here we just wanted to get the hell out of Rwanda so crossed the border to Kabale back in Uganda. Here we stayed at lake Bunyoni - a massive lake in the mountains with 27 islands. We stayed on a little island called Byoona Amargara (a secrect hideway not in the travel guides!). Its a community development type place - absolute paradise! We had to paddle for 50mins in a dug out canoe to get there but it was well worth it! Fantastic views of the lake with towering volcanoes, sun, beer amd great food. Its also one of the few lakes you can swim in without getting Bilharzia!- so Ian did laps of the island before ... read more




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