Francis enjoying the view.

December 26th

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January 13th 2007
I was whisked off early in the morning. We headed down a bumpy country road to a botanical gardens. It was an amazing day. We sat on a cliff over looking Lake Victoria, watching fisherman and boaters as well as wildlife. We took a walking tour of the gardens seeing many different species of trees and Colobus monkeys. The sights were amazing...unfortunately I forgot my camera! We headed from t ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Central Region » Kampala

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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