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The "Pearl of Africa"

December 11th 2007
Once called the "Pearl of Africa" by Winston Churchill, Uganda is a country of great contrast. Even though we only spent four days there, during our extremely quick visit we covered a lot of ground and got to see a number of different parts of the country due to the 12+ hour drives we had to and from Bwindi. Unfortunately our visit was not without a certain amount of stress and frustration (so ... read more
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Ugandan Flag 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 100,0... ... read more
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Daniel West
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After almost five years of being happily married, relocating to a different country and many years of continuous work and study, we (the World-Wide Wanderers, Daniel & Janice West) have decided to take some time and go see those parts of the world that we either haven't been to or haven't spent nearly enough time in!! I look forward to "reporting" our adventures to you over the coming months as we travel South and Central America; South, West and East Africa; the Middle East and Holy Land; India and Nepal; South East Asia; Australia; and Eastern and Central Europe... full info
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