It’s hard to believe that Lake Bunyonyi isn’t one of the seven wonders of the world, staggeringly beautiful as it is. Most importantly though, I am ashamed to admit that it wasn’t really on my list, I knew I would go there
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Kilimanjaro, pole pole till you get there… Why, oh why – they asked me. Just because. Because I remember this name from my kindergarten years. Because there’s no mountain like this anywhere else in the world – an almost 6 km high
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Rock climbing… My first encounter with someone who was into rock climbing was early last year at Nile River Explorers, Brian had the most calloused hands I’ve ever shaken; they felt like uneven wood. Because I was so curious, I asked him
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I grew up in a place called Go Down in Mutungo, one of Kampala’s suburbs, Uganda. At the time, it was a small neighborhood; with very few people and even fewer television sets. My parents, like many people, were not lucky to
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It all started with a simple question, “Olive, have you ever been to Lake Mburo National Park?” My friend Sue asked. Lake Mburo National Park is the smallest national park situated on the Kampala – Mbarara highway in Western Uganda. I had
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The Gorge and the art of making up friends… Following my ‘great expedition’ transversing East Africa; so far shared in bits and pieces here, here and occasionally got pampered by Serena Hotel here and here, I take you back to Hell’s Gate
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