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A break from South Sudan for me, a holiday for Angharad, and a chance for us both to spend some time together, right down by the Equator!

Uganda is wonderful. Go and meet it. Couldn't recommend it more highly.
  • Entebbe Airport Guest House

    Entebbe Airport Guest House

    One of the many basically unspoilt 1920s (and thereabouts) buildings that make up Entebbe's fascinating architecture.
    May  6, 2013
  • Arrived in Africa!

    Arrived in Africa!

    I had a few hours to enjoy the abundance of birdlife in the grounds of the Airport Lodge in Entebbe, before Angharad's flight got in. It's a really friendly place I'd not hesitate to recommend. Once she arrived, it really felt like a proper African advent…
    April 27, 2013
  • What's she got there?

    What's she got there?

    You're going to have to look at the next picture to find out...
    April 27, 2013
  • That just is cricket!

    That just is cricket!

    April 27, 2013
  • Stability

    Stability

    May  6, 2013
  • Flora

    Flora

    Early on, the urge was to photograph everything. Uganda was just so lush, so beautiful.
    April 27, 2013
  • Flora, and fauna

    Flora, and fauna

    April 27, 2013
  • Sometimes, you've just got to be Tarzan

    Sometimes, you've just got to be Tarzan

    April 27, 2013
  • Canopy

    Canopy

    In the atmospheric rainforest part of the Entebbe botanical gardens
    April 27, 2013
  • Thanks to our guide!

    Thanks to our guide!

    A brilliantly knowledgeable botany student attached himself to us in exchange for a contribution to his textbook fund!
    April 27, 2013
  • Monkey business

    Monkey business

    April 27, 2013
  • Café attractions...

    Café attractions...

    April 27, 2013
  • Golden web spiders

    Golden web spiders

    April 27, 2013
  • Just going for a walk with the local cow...

    Just going for a walk with the local cow...

    April 27, 2013
  • So you say you want an evolution?

    So you say you want an evolution?

    Well, you know, everybody wants to change the world...
    April 28, 2013
  • Edifying.

    Edifying.

    Note, that's edifying, not edible.
    April 28, 2013
  • Our first big game!

    Our first big game!

    This is in Entebbe's "Wildlife Education Centre". It's not just a zoo. Most of the creatures here have been rescued at the airport from where they were being illegally exported. Others are orphans.
    April 28, 2013
  • Everywhere you look

    Everywhere you look

    We loved the presentation at the Wildlife Education Centre, which had lots of places to look into good sized enclosures.
    April 28, 2013
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