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We had intended to stay up at Chitimba for only a couple of weeks over Xmas & New Year but, what with one thing and another we ended up staying around 6 weeks. To Ed & Carmen’s credit, they tried … Continue reading
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Despite the car’s brake problems, the drive to Chitimba Camp had been beautiful. The hills and plateau we had driven through lie at around 1300m altitude and their breadth & depth allow the opportunity to see skies that look like … Continue reading
…are knackered. They’re Sebago Docksiders, almost 16 years old. They have been fantastically comfortable shoes. They’ve been soaked (often hanging off boats) in The Pacific, Atlantic & Indian; drenched in The Mediterranean, North, Caribbean, Red, Arabian & South China Seas; … Continue reading
We’ve been in Uganda almost three months and it seems to have flown by. Much of that time has been spent with the Amaha We Uganda team in the Kasese District, the southern section of the Rwenzori Mountains. It really … Continue reading
No sign of our stolen goods turning up so we threw ourselves into helping to complete the build of the new Amaha We Uganda (AWU) community library in Kasese. We’ve got a new team of lads making AWU Fuel Briquettes … Continue reading
I’m so far behind on my blog that it’s gone beyond the point of being funny. We’ve been in Uganda now for 3 months and it’s been interesting, welcoming, rewarding, friendly, hospitable, challenging, frustrating and great fun. Most of it … Continue reading
There’s a difference between ‘need’ and ‘want’. Families may want a television, but they need efficient, environmentally sound, faster, cheaper, less health-damaging ways of cooking (which may take up around 6 hours of the typical day). Women here don’t mind … Continue reading
The Tribal Festival at Lake Turkana is held in Kenya’s old ‘Northern Frontier District’ renowned for warring tribes and roving bandits. It’s one of the bleakest, most remote regions of Kenya and it takes a hell of an effort to … Continue reading
We’d spent the whole day either out in the fields with the Wells For Zoe team or ferrying them around the muddy clay valley. They were going for dinner at Pine Tree Lodge and asked if we wanted to tag … Continue reading
We got some cash from an ATM at dusty, lively Salima village and filled up with fuel (850 kwacha / $2 / £1.30 per litre) and headed north up the lake. Very scenic. The road up the lake is single … Continue reading