Chillin' on the balcony. |
The market at Eldoret. |
A typical meal for us - goat stew, ugali, chipati, fried veges of some sort, and a coke. |
The security guard at our hotel - incredibly nice guy. |
Parted ways with Jan and Polona and headed for Uganda - this is the bus terminal in Kampala. |
Joined an organized tour and headed north to Murchison Falls National Park. |
Red Chili Rest Camp - Our home base for our Murchison Falls Trip. |
The Nile at sunrise, Northern Uganda. |
Loading up the ferry to cross the Nile. |
Crossing the Nile to go for a game drive in the park on the other side. |
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Lake Albert - the far shore is the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
Look real close and you can see a leopard climbing down the tree. |
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Getting ready for a nature tour of the Nile. |
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Tom and Chris enjoying the view from up top. |
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As close as we could get to the falls by water. |
Hiking to the top of the falls. |
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The mighty Nile is forced through a gorge only 6 meters wide. |
Incredible. |
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Maybe hiking into the bush at night for a few drinks was a bad idea. |
But it was a great time. |
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Parted ways with the Murchison Falls group and headed further north to Gulu, Uganda. |
Gulu has a large population of refugees displaced by Joseph Kony and the LRA. |
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Getting geared up to go white water rafting on the Nile.. |
On the way to white water rafting, with Rich, a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kenya. |
After a day of rafting. |
On the way back to the campsite with a cooler of beer. |
Camping on the Nile. |
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Catching the ferry to Kalangala in the Ssese Islands. |
Arriving in Kalangala. |
Tom and Rosey, friends from the Murchison Falls Trip. |
Riding motorcycles around the island with Tom and Rosey. |
View of some of the Ssese Islands. |
Bonfire at the campsite with other backpackers on the island. |
Lining up for the ferry ride back to Kampala. |