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Nile Perch - The Great Hunt

I havent been very good with blogging of late and will give this one the best shot i can in 20minutes remaining! Last week, when we arrived back from the rapids, we were faced with two tough choices: Murchenson Falls or Lake Victoria. But we had a common mission - to catch some of the last 50+kg...

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afrikawasbeer on December 9, 2009 from Jinja, Uganda

from the travel blog: Traveling Africa Overland

Nile River Explorers

Day 1: Orientation started at 8:30 where we had some breakfast. We will be 3 boats on the river today, with our boat (Neill, Iak and I) doing the rapids over two days. So we packed our stuff and drove down to the river, were we launched and splashed around. Training drills included flipping the...

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afrikawasbeer on December 3, 2009 from Jinja, Uganda

from the travel blog: Traveling Africa Overland

'A haiku journey around the world' by DE Wasake (Ugandan poet)

Classical warmth Snow falling heavily, Am sitted by the fireplace; Beethoven is warming my soul. Chang in the Field, Chang in the Field, Planting rice, The wind blows gently. Walking by the docks Walking by the docks, Marley is playing, Conch* is frying. In Osaka In...

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afrikawasbeer on December 1, 2009 from Jinja, Uganda

from the travel blog: Traveling Africa Overland

Go East!

From Cameroon we flew out of Douala on Thursday. We have always planned to fly across the Congo and other Central African countries to get to Uganda and start the East leg. But what we didnt expect is that we will have a days stop over in Joburg. My flipping kief pal from back in the day came to...

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afrikawasbeer on November 30, 2009 from Jinja, Uganda

from the travel blog: Traveling Africa Overland

A summary of week 4

Wow, I have not blogged for quite some time but will keep up with summarising the weeks as they go by, although it seems ages ago but can strangely still remember everything despite the fact that I'm doing so much every day! The time now is just going far too fast and I cannot believe that I am...

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Laura_Smith on July 14, 2009 from Jinja, Uganda