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Source of the river Nile in Jinja, Uganda

Posted by Nesh on July 9, 2013
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Hello there,

I quickly start off saying that I am currently having issues with the color settings of my monitor and some of the pictures I am going to upload might look slightly different than they are supposed to look. I am working on it.

Few weeks ago, after many failed attempts to go to Jinja with some friends, I decided to just go by myself and get over with it.
Jinja is where the river Nile starts its way up all the way to Egypt, the source is the point where the river leaves the Lake Victoria; it is debated where the source actually is, you can read more here; being this place heavily advertised as such (there is even a sign!), I will just overlook the fact that this could not be the exactly be the source and enjoy it anyway.

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Jinja is a quite nice touristic town, 2/3 hours away from Kampala. It has a different look from the capital, the building styles are still heavily influenced by the strong presence of Indian people before the expulsion of all Asians from Uganda in the 70s.

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Slow beginning of the week

Posted by Nesh on July 8, 2013
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Hey there,
after a long and nice weekend at Bugala island (the biggest island of the Ssese islands, in the Lake Victoria, Uganda), today I feel very slow; so, I am going to publish a short post.

Sunset in Kampala.

Sunset in Kampala.


Sign stating the 'official' source of the river Nile, the longest river in the world.

Sign stating the ‘official’ source of the river Nile, the longest river in the world.


/Nesh

Lake Mburo National Park – Conclusion

Posted by Nesh on July 5, 2013
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At last, we are at the conclusion of this journey through this incredible park, considering its size.
We had the chance to see and appreciate very different species and got to finally see them in real life.

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A venue of vultures on a tree.


This was my first safari and I truly loved it. My first but not my last.
In fact, in 2 weeks I am going to undertake another and much longer challenge: Murchison Falls National Park.

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Skulls of several animals, including an hippo (the largest one).


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Lake Mburo National Park – Warthogs and Buffalos

Posted by Nesh on July 4, 2013
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After meeting many of the animals in the Lake Mburo national park, we are almost at the end of our journey. Now it is time for the buffalos and the very curious warthogs.
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During our walk, we saw many warthogs (if you didn’t notice yet, they are nonetheless the same species as Pumba, from Disney’s The Lion King); they seemed to be, as I said before, very curious.
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Lake Mburo National Park – Antelopes

Posted by Nesh on July 3, 2013
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Today, the focus is on the antelopes of the park.
As you will notice from the images, these animals are very curious and, after getting to know us and understanding that we are not a threat to their community, sociable; in fact, we could get quite close to them without scare them away or disrupting their behaviour.
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Lake Mburo National Park – Zebras

Posted by Nesh on July 2, 2013
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Hello,
the journey at the Lake Mburo national park continues with a very beautiful animal: the zebra.
This time, the post is going to be mainly visual, meaning that I won’t write much and let you get a feeling by yourself.
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Lake Mburo National Park – Olive Baboons and Vervet Monkeys

Posted by Nesh on June 27, 2013
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Today’s post is focused on the primates in the Lake Mburo National Park, namely the the Olive Baboons and the Vervet Monkeys.
Right after getting at the HQ of the park, a troop (yeah, I googled that up) of baboons crossed a road nearby.
At first, we were all very excited, it was our first close encounter with the wildlife (we had only seen some zebras on the way to the HQ, while being on the boda-boda); little we knew that we would see more and more of them and even from a closer distance.

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Young Vervet Monkey


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Lake Mburo National Park – Introduction

Posted by Nesh on June 26, 2013
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Hello everyone,
as promised, today starts the series of posts regarding my visit at the Lake Mburo National Park, located in the western Uganda.
Although being the smallest national park in Uganda, this park still hosts many species of wildlife, including zebras, hippos and buffaloes.
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The trip to the park has been quite long; in fact, it takes slightly more than 4 hours to get to the park HQ from Kampala. What made the trip more exhausting was waking up at 4am and then having to wait more than an hour for the matatu (the mini-bus which brought us near one of the gates of the park) to be full.
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Quick update – Lake Mburo national park

Posted by Nesh on June 25, 2013
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Hey everyone,
I am writing just to inform you that I am going to post throughout this week pictures from my first trip to an Ugandan national park.

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Sunset in Kampala


Last Sunday, with some friends, I went to the Lake Mburo national park (near Mbarara) to have a day trip.
It has been amazing and I feel we have been rather lucky as we visited it during the afternoon (the best time to see the fauna is either in the morning or in the evening, when the animals go back to the lake to get some water); but we’ve managed to see impalas, which, in Uganda, only lives in Lake Mburo, zebras, as well as baboons, buffalos and a hippo. Very exciting!
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Andrea – our house cat


I don’t think I need to add anything more.
So, stay tuned!
Peace.
/Nesh

Image of the Day – Kampala – Nakawa Farmers Market, Nakawa

Posted by Nesh on May 22, 2013
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Hey there,
today I will talk a bit of Nakawa Farmers Market (or simply Nakawa Market), in Kampala.
The market is located in the Nakawa district and is a place where a lot of people sell their goods; from clothes to fresh vegetables and fruits.
Very busy and hectic, the market is the best place to find fresh products at a cheap price. Most of the times the price needs to be bargained, especially if you are a foreigner. It can happen that the price is even doubled from the original one and it takes determination, a bit of skill and some patience in order to get a fair price on the merchandise.
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For now, I took only a panoramic picture of the market; but I assure you that the market itself is far more interesting.
I might head there tomorrow with a friend from work and take some more pictures. For the moment, I let your imagination work out how it might look like.
Have a great afternoon.
/Nesh