Blogs from Kibaale, Western Region, Uganda, Africa

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Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kibaale September 5th 2023

Do I want to walk in the forest at night looking for snakes? And pay $40 for the experience? No. Absolutely not. But thanks for the offer guys! This was during our first night in Uganda, in a dark forest where our accommodation is at the end of a very long path, amongst the wildlife, making me nervous of every dark tree root and stem by torchlight on my way to bed. Even in my hiking boots, I did not want to step on a snake. After a 24 hour journey from home via Birmingham airport, Istanbul Airport and Kigali airport, we finally arrived at Entebbe, having had very little sleep - screaming children put a stop to that. It was warm and still dark and we soon found our guide, Didan, who Glyn had booked ... read more
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Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kibaale December 20th 2013

We have had our well earned weeks rest and now it's back to work. The difference being this time that Steve and I were both on the building team and this time we were a small team of three plus our leader Simon. We were looking forward to new challenges. Ann and Simon arrived on the Sunday evening at 6.45 so time for her her to settle in and then dinner together and start getting to know each other. How was this 23 year old going to survive two weeks with three people in their 50's? On the Monday morning it was time to hear about the nights plan and then off to work at the school in the morning. When we arrived we met Henry the headmaster before Wilson (the forman) set us to work. ... read more




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