I got up before 6 to have an early shower before all of the hot water was used up and, after falling down the big hole in the campsite, found it to be a nice and very hot shower. There was then time for a quick breakfast and last minute […]
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Africa Day 15 – Day of rest in Jinja
It was a nice easy morning today and after having pancakes for breakfast we relaxed while the others got ready for rafting. I decided not to take part in the rafting as I wanted a quiet day so took some photos and videoed them setting off instead. Not going rafting […]
Africa Day 14 – Lake Mburo to Jinja
The alarm was set for 420 ready to leave at 5. Most of us were not best pleased so hoped the walk would be worth it. It was a dark drive down bad roads to Lake Mburo National Park but on the way we were told we could opt out […]
Africa Day 13 – Back to Uganda
Today we got up at 5am to slowly get ready for another long drive day back into Uganda, with breakfast scheduled for 6am and our departure for 7am. We started heading towards Kigali before taking a shortcut through the mountains to cut some time from what was to be a […]
Africa Day 11 – Gorilla Trek
Today was the day we had all been waiting for when we would finally see the rare Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. I woke at 5am before getting ready and making sure that everybody who had upgraded to a room were awake and having a quick breakfast. We […]
Africa Day 9 – Lake Bunyonyi
I had to set my alarm for 530am today which, combined with all of the noises both in and outside the tent, meant I hardly got any sleep last night. We did have a nice breakfast as the sun rose which helped to make up for it a bit, before […]
Africa Day 8 – Queen Elizabeth NP
It was a fairly leisurely start today as we didn’t expect it to be a very long day… we were wrong. The day started with us heading into the nearby town of Fort Portal for supplies. I was on cook duty today so helped Den with shopping in the local […]
Africa Day 7 – Chimp Trek
I didn’t have a good nights sleep last night as I hoped so wish I could have had a lay-in today but I was on bag duty this morning so had to get up on time to open up the truck for people who were trekking to see the chimps […]
Africa Day 6 – Kampala to Chimps
A fairly leisurely start this morning as we all had a rough nights sleep – there were a few dogs that decided they didn’t like each other in the night and kept fighting near our tents. Den cooked eggs for breakfast which was a nice change although it was quite […]
Africa Day 5 – Into Uganda
Another early start today, with breakfast at 530, in an attempt to make it to the border early. It wasn’t far to the border but we expected it to take some time due to all the processes that needed to be undertaken. We made a quick stop at Webuye, near […]