Ben and I with our safari drive guide

That is an AK 47 he is holding. All the guides carry one. He said it was to scare stubborn elephants. However, the LRA (Ugandan revolutionaries and child soldiers) was operating in the north of the park a few years back. They are gone now, and his gun looked less useful than a slingshot when examined carefully, but it was a bit of an eye opener when he jumped in the car with us.

Chimpanzees, Evangelicals and Jean Claude Segal

July 2nd 2008
After a bunch of discussions on what to do with three unexpected weeks in Uganda, we decided to take three day tour up to Murchison Falls National Park in the north of Uganda. The budget options were (1) completely booked and (2) didn’t include chimpanzee tracking, which is one of the reasons we decided to go to this area. We got an independent guide’s name and decided to give it a try. While ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Northern Region » Murchison Falls NP

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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