Alex ejected

Rafting the Nile

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February 13th 2011
On a Friday afternoon, we flew from Kigali to Entebbe, Uganda where the six of us piled into a small minivan taxi. We began the 45 mile journey to Jinja around 6 pm. At around 11 pm (with another 20 miles to go), we pulled into a hotel for dinner. Everyone ordered French fries to minimize wait time except for one of our friends who ordered the assorted cheese platter. She assumed this meant that i ... 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