since we couldn’t bring our car across the river and hiring a ride on the other side was cost prohibitive, we decided to do the next best thing and take a walking safari instead of driving. a little boat brought us the couple hundred yards across the river where we met up with dennis and […]
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murchison day 3
December 1st, 2006 · No Comments
more on murchison
November 30th, 2006 · No Comments
The Plan was to leave the rhinos and make it all the way to murchison by the evening. there was four+ hours of daylight left and it was under 150km to our destination, but depending on the rain and the condition of dirt roads, maximum speed can vary dramatically. i have an excellent sense of […]
we live in a zoo
November 29th, 2006 · No Comments
my 2-year old niece maggie goes to the como zoo with marmee (grandma) to see all the animals that live with aunt paige in africa. i’m sure she’s got this picture in her head of aunt paige and uncle phil living in a house full of animals running around - lions and tigers and […]
Tags: Paige · Tourism · Uganda
thanksgiving wknd - rhinos
November 28th, 2006 · No Comments
where to start? over the thanksgiving wknd, paige and i drove to murchison falls national park in northwest uganda. we’re trying to get out of the city for a sightseeing adventure at least once a month. other than the mountain gorilla tracking, which has a year+ waiting list, uganda is largely undiscovered as a tourist […]
fort portal & kibale forest n.p.
August 24th, 2006 · 2 Comments
phil & i just returned from a weekend trip to fort portal. fort portal’s one of the centers of activity on the western border of uganda. from there you can get to several really good national parks (kibale forest, semliki), semliki wildlife reserve, bigodi wetland sanctuary, the crater lakes region, and the rwenzori […]