White Water Rafting

White Water Rafting the Nile

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May 13th 2012
I woke early at the Crow's Nest in Sipi Falls and managed to get a shared taxi back down to Mbale. I previously described the other modes of transport in Uganda thus far as cramped but this was ridiculous. There were already 8 adults and 4 children in the back of a station wagon, but I somehow squeezed in. All you can do is laugh really. In Mbale, I got a minibus to Jinja easy enough and se ... 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