Our boat on Lake Victoria

The Pearl of Africa

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May 8th 2007
white water rafting, bungee jumping, a deserted island with a mad old hermit - only in Uganda! The next day after leaving the orphanage we hopped on a bus and headed to Jinja, Uganda. That bus trip has got to be the worst bus trip of my life. We headed to downtown Nairobi late at night, since the bus was due to leave at 11:30pm. But, since this is Africa of course, it didn't leave untill 1:30a ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Eastern Region » Jinja

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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