WeekendEven credit union missionaries get a break. Saturday morning at 7am we headed out to Murchison Falls (see link last blog post). After a 7 hour journey that was supposed to take 5 (not unusual) - we we’re sitting on the top deck of a river boat cruzin slowly down the Nile River on the 2 hour ride to the famous falls (how cool is that). Along the way we saw dozens of hippo’s floating in the water trying to get out of the hot sun. Saw some African elephants, crocodile’s and lots of other wild game. Hundreds of species of birds.
The resort we stayed at was nice. Food was excellent (very western which was something we’ve been craving for awile). The animals are in the open on the reserve that encomappses over 5000 sq. kms of land. They usually stay up in the main area of the reserve however elephnats have been known to wonder onto the resort grounds to drink from the pool. That didnt happen while we were here but around 4am this morning one of the people in our group heard some rustling outside his patio door (he was staying right next door to me, but I didnt here anything which is not unusual - ask my wife) when he looked out from behind the curtain he was face to face with a huge hippo that had decided to munch on some of the bushes around the patio. Standard stuff according to resort staff happens all the time.
Sunday morning 7am we paid a whopping $20 U.S. to take a guided tour through the park. Thats $20 for the whole car. The guide rode along with us. An unbelievable place. We saw most any wild game you can think of including giraffes and elephants (they have lions but we didnt spot any). We headed back about 11am due to the long drive…. We pack up and move our home base here in Kampala Monday as we travel to Jinja (see map link last blog post). We wil spend 4 days there visiting 2 SACCO’s. before returning back to Kampala……more to come as this adventure begins to wind down to the last 7 days. Have a good day, thanks for reading and for your comments. The pitures of the African Longhorns, the babboon outside the jeep window and the children were all taken (side of the road) while driving up to the falls, the others at the lodge.
Charlie
The resort we stayed at was nice. Food was excellent (very western which was something we’ve been craving for awile). The animals are in the open on the reserve that encomappses over 5000 sq. kms of land. They usually stay up in the main area of the reserve however elephnats have been known to wonder onto the resort grounds to drink from the pool. That didnt happen while we were here but around 4am this morning one of the people in our group heard some rustling outside his patio door (he was staying right next door to me, but I didnt here anything which is not unusual - ask my wife) when he looked out from behind the curtain he was face to face with a huge hippo that had decided to munch on some of the bushes around the patio. Standard stuff according to resort staff happens all the time.
Sunday morning 7am we paid a whopping $20 U.S. to take a guided tour through the park. Thats $20 for the whole car. The guide rode along with us. An unbelievable place. We saw most any wild game you can think of including giraffes and elephants (they have lions but we didnt spot any). We headed back about 11am due to the long drive…. We pack up and move our home base here in Kampala Monday as we travel to Jinja (see map link last blog post). We wil spend 4 days there visiting 2 SACCO’s. before returning back to Kampala……more to come as this adventure begins to wind down to the last 7 days. Have a good day, thanks for reading and for your comments. The pitures of the African Longhorns, the babboon outside the jeep window and the children were all taken (side of the road) while driving up to the falls, the others at the lodge.
Charlie
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