Category Archives: My Safari (My Journey/Adventure)

These entries occur during my trip 6/4 thru 6/12

Uganda Birds & a Waterfall

The movie clips shows you the beautiful waterfall at Ssezibwa Falls, one of the stops on our trip to Jinja.  On this trip, so far we have observed a number of animals that aren’t common in the wild back home … Continue reading

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Appreciating Uganda’s Culture

On Wednesday evening we had the opportunity to attend the Ndere Troupe Cultural Show of African dance and music. It was fantastic!  It was held in an outdoor amphitheater (see video for the beautiful setting prior to the show- no … Continue reading

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Hospitals and Food in Uganda

We had another interesting day at Mulago Hospital.  Here is a picture of the students outside one of the side sections of the hospital. It really is quite large. The total number of inpatients every day is about 2000 but … Continue reading

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Safe Arrival in Kampala, Uganda

Hi all! Sorry for the delay in posting but wifi isn’t as available as I’d hoped. But I did just get my USB Modem reactivated so I should be up and going now. After a very long trip- 7 hr … Continue reading

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Safe Arrival in Kampala, Uganda

Hi all! Sorry for the delay in posting but wifi isn’t as available as I’d hoped. But I did just get my USB Modem reactivated so I should be up and going now. After a very long trip- 7 hr … Continue reading

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Sharing My Africa Experiences With Friends in Florida

On Thursday I had the wonderful opportunity to share my slides and experiences from last summer’s trip to Tanzania & Uganda with women and men from my mother’s church in Florida, Good Shepard Lutheran Church. Many of them had made … Continue reading

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Murchison Falls

This morning we took a boat ride on the Victoria Nile river and saw hundreds of hippos! The ranger said there are about 2000 here. We also saw huge crocodiles- the largest species if crocs in the world- along with … Continue reading

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Masindi, Uganda at Last

Wednesday June 22, 2011 We made it to Masindi!  Our 4 hour trip was pretty uneventful until we arrived at out hotel only to find out that they gave the rooms we reserved to someone else. They then said that … Continue reading

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Kampala, Uganda: Successful Meetings

Tuesday June 21, 2011 I spent most of the day meeting with the Professor with whom I’ve been having email conversations for the past year and a half.  It was so great to finally meet him in person!  After talking … Continue reading

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Arrival in Uganda

This is just going to be a quick entry but I’m excited because I was able to purchase a USB Modem here today and now I have internet access at my fingertips.  Now I just have to find time to … Continue reading

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