Nice to meet you, Uganda

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May 20th 2015
I have arrived safely in Africa! My flights went well (I made sure I had lots of gravol with me) and I was pleasantly surprised when my bags showed up with me in Entebbe, since Sarah hadn't been so lucky. I had layovers in London, Istanbul and Kigali and a total travel time of 19 hours. I was basically running from gate to gate. Laura McDonald, a small animal practitioner from Saskatchewan, met me ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Mbarara

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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