Elephant skull

Queen Elizabeth NP

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July 18th 2006
Week 2: After a bit of a delay due to car problems (which is no big surprise here) we headed to Queen Elizabeth NP on Monday. It was a long drive but we could see that even arriving in the dark it was a beautiful park! We settled in our tents and had a slightly unrestful sleep during our first night after being warned not to leave the tent in the dark due to the lions that like to hang out nea ... 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