Queen Elizabeth National Park

The West

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February 25th 2007
Hi Friends! I’m back in Kampala from a whirl-wind tour of western Uganda & Rwanda. Let me first say, the countryside is gorgeous: rolling green hills in every direction. I was looking back through the pictures I took this morning, and they just don’t do justice to the landscape. We started our trip with a stop at the equator in a little town called Masaka. This was a very touristy site; whi ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Central Region » Kampala

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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