On the way to the game park we stopped at a gas station to buy drink, use the pit latrine, and stretch our legs. The light post caught my attention. What fascinates me about much of the scenery in Uganda (and this is probably true of most third world countries)…
Taken in the early morning just before we went on the game drive.
One of the things that struck me while in Africa, and continues to strike me, is the odd gap between technology and primitive conditions seen everywhere. Modern SUV’s next to mud huts, cell phones carried by people living in the middle of the bush.
A typical hut in the village of Adacar (pronounced Adachar). Most Ugandan’s live on subsistence farming, growing sorgum (corn), and a variety of other vegetables and staple crops. Due to much rain while we were there, the people in Adacar were hopeful for enough food to last through the dry…
I apologize for the delay in posting. I was in Chicago at a conference when the last photo posted and wasn’t able to get to a net connection.This photo is of an alley in Soroti Town. The walls and general state of things is common throughout the country. The reddish…
If you look close you can see the holes in his ears. I don’t know how old the old guy is, but he’s obviously been around the block a few times.
As we were motoring along the Nile, on the west bank this big Bull Elephant was at the rivers edge, drinking and giving himself a bath. He stood there for a good ten minutes, showing off, spraying water, and eating the grass.
I think maybe the guy she was trying to pick up dumped her.
I never really thought about it till I saw them in Africa, but Hippopotamuses are ugly. No. Really.
What’s to say. You wouldn’t think something tha gangly would be so cool. *grin*
The country in the game park was much more like the kind of Africa you see in the movies. I liked the savannah more than the scattered brush you find in the areas around Soroti Town.
We saw a lot of Giraffes on the game drive, though we saw no Elephants until the boat ride. They’re such elegant creatures when they run, they’re so tall.
It’s not the sharpest photo, nor even the best photo possible of such animals, but it was all I was able to capture. I thought it important to give you one photo of that type of animal. There was a wide variety of breeds in the park. Their much more…
As I was frantically taking pictures, one of the cubs looked at me. It makes a better photo than the previous, don’t you think?
Abraham had five cubs to add to his pride. I caught them crossing the road. You only see three in this photo, I apologize for not getting all of them.
This Lioness is one of Abraham’s four wives. The photo reminds me of the movie, Death in the Long Grass. :) I was sitting on top of the Guimon’s SUV and was no more than 40 yards from her.
