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Taking a sip from Sipi Falls

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February 8th 2011
We went on our second little adventure this weekend, this time a little further than last time. We took the taxibus from Jinja to Mbale, and what was supposed to be a 2 hour drive turned into a 3 hour nightmare. The best thing with these taxibuses is that on the outside of each of them it says “Licensed to carry a maximum of 14 persons”, yet we have not seen one with less than 20 passengers. T ... read more

Africa » Uganda

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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