oceanfroggie
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And now for something completely different. Fond memories of a trip to east africa a few years ago when 16 of us travelled with "Fields of Life" to complete work on a new school funded by many hundreds of generous Irish & British people and school children. http://www.fieldsoflife.com
After two weeks working on the school we had a day off and were blessed with a visit to the extraordinary unspoilt wildlife preserve at Kaparega National Park - on the Nile
After driving for hours along dusty dirt tracks we came to a water crossing. Hmmm - I thought that's a large river - It's the Nile I quickly realised.
A typical road scene as we set off to start our working day in the Ugandan country side
Not quite the HSS, but this was our ferry crossing. We were totally wowed by it all and how amazingly the Ugandans had protected their wildlife reserves
The Nile - One big inland waterway.
As we were on the equator, we set off at 0600am before the heat of the day.
There was an abundance of wildlife in the park.
King of the Jungle
5 mins earlier OF had a visit to a virtual open air rest room, 10 seconds after getting back in the vehicle 5 of these lads crossed the road feet from where I had been standing!
They obviously didn't fancy Frogs Legs that day! Phew
This is one of the images of Africa etched in my memory for all time. Four lines of different species wandering the same savanna hillside in harmony. It reminded me of opening scenes from the movie Jurassic park, only this wasn't CGI, it was real - what an amazing wonder our planet is.
Giraffe were everywhere
Hippos in the Nile. I suspect our trip boat was less modern than some of the vessels still sunk in Tullamore!
We we bowled over by the abundance of wildlife. The day before on route we called into a Chimp sanctuary, which strictly limited visits to 20 people a day so as not to spoil the sanctuary or upset the Chimps.
Crocodile - COLREGs Might is Right
The mile wide Nile compresses to only 7 meters wide at Murchison Falls and drops 43 meters.
Rainbow view from top of Murchison Falls in the misty spray
Nile 1 mile wide comressed into 7 meters. You could feel natures raw energy virate the rock you were standing on.
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After two weeks working on the school we had a day off and were blessed with a visit to the extraordinary unspoilt wildlife preserve at Kaparega National Park - on the Nile
After driving for hours along dusty dirt tracks we came to a water crossing. Hmmm - I thought that's a large river - It's the Nile I quickly realised.
A typical road scene as we set off to start our working day in the Ugandan country side
Not quite the HSS, but this was our ferry crossing. We were totally wowed by it all and how amazingly the Ugandans had protected their wildlife reserves
The Nile - One big inland waterway.
As we were on the equator, we set off at 0600am before the heat of the day.
There was an abundance of wildlife in the park.
King of the Jungle
5 mins earlier OF had a visit to a virtual open air rest room, 10 seconds after getting back in the vehicle 5 of these lads crossed the road feet from where I had been standing!
They obviously didn't fancy Frogs Legs that day! Phew
This is one of the images of Africa etched in my memory for all time. Four lines of different species wandering the same savanna hillside in harmony. It reminded me of opening scenes from the movie Jurassic park, only this wasn't CGI, it was real - what an amazing wonder our planet is.
Giraffe were everywhere
Hippos in the Nile. I suspect our trip boat was less modern than some of the vessels still sunk in Tullamore!
We we bowled over by the abundance of wildlife. The day before on route we called into a Chimp sanctuary, which strictly limited visits to 20 people a day so as not to spoil the sanctuary or upset the Chimps.
Crocodile - COLREGs Might is Right
The mile wide Nile compresses to only 7 meters wide at Murchison Falls and drops 43 meters.
Rainbow view from top of Murchison Falls in the misty spray
Nile 1 mile wide comressed into 7 meters. You could feel natures raw energy virate the rock you were standing on.
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