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With a long journey today, as we were to make our way via Uganda into Rwanda, it was yet another early start, with a 5.45 am reveille. By the time we had had breakfast and packed away all the tents and gear, it was a 6.30 departure. It was a long climb out of Kembu, as the road wound its way up to 8,700 feet. Some of the group were finding difficulty coping with the early-morning starts - and for the first time on the trip, sadly, conflict arose, when Andrew, our resident Camp Queen (with capitals C Q) complained about having all the curtained sides of the truck open in the cool air | |
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of the African dawn. (It was
draughty you understand) Not having his way, he threw a tantrum and
called for reinforcements in the shape of Margaret, his adoptive Mother
Hen. Marcell intervened, stressing that the truck would soon be
like a sauna if the sides remained rolled down, and it was simply
unhealthy. With some of the group nursing imported UK bugs - we were all
concerned at the prospect of having to miss the gorilla trek due to ill
health. Common sense prevailed, our sides remained open. I simply
could not understand - We had come on holiday to SEE
Africa !! (Note: Found a suitable tour for their next trip Click Here |
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It was a long trip that day as we headed towards the Ugandan border crossing. We stopped for lunch en route. Having arrived at the border, it was time for David to earn his keep!! David, and his partner Michelle were both employed in the banking world, back in their Hong Kong home. So when it came to cross-border currency negotiations, David was the obvious choice. He exited the truck with a fistful of dollars and came back with a smile. We took around an hour and a half getting through the formalities at the border, and back on to the road before eventually arriving at our camp site at |
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7.30 pm - a beautiful setting
high on the shores of Lake Victoria at Bujigali Falls At
dinner that evening, Dennis excelled himself in the camp kitchen -
serving up bangers and mash in onion gravy. Not traditional African
cuisine I imagine, but it went down very well !! Everybody ended up in
the bar for the odd bottle or two of "Nile Special" (6.6 % and very nice
too) whilst we watched a video of the people who had earlier that day
taken to "white water rafting" on the River Nile. Several members of our
group had already committed themselves to taking to the rafts the
following day, some took just a little persuasion, whilst the
less adventurous amongst us opted for the option of visiting a local
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