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I have been in constant motion since I left Loren on Friday morning at 6AM. Had a fabulous time with Loren: dusty, fabulous camping safari and gorgeous, chilled-out, relaxing beachtime. So good to see someone from home and hear all the gossip, chitchat about all and chitchat about nothing. I wish more of you would come and visit! But, sadly, I have no takers for India, except maybe Wendy.......... (fingers crossed).
Uganda and Rwanda –An Impromptu Trip December, 2004
Lasulo2006-01-06 18:08:45
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anywhere from ten feet to twelve kilometres. This wasn't a particularly long one, about a quarter mile, but filled with the most frightening people accosting the only mzungu around: ME! Money changers, children, people selling stuff, it was unnerving. I just kept walking hoping I'd see someone from my bus, but there were thousands of people milling around. After about twenty minutes of walking aimlessly, I found the other immigration station to get my stamp for my entrance to Kenya. Then I had to find the bus. It did not arrive for forty minutes. I actually thought it may have left without me, and I thought, "What the hell will I do if I am stranded on the Kenyan border, alone, with no Kenyan schillings and not a clue?" Eventually, I spied others from my bus and was relieved. However, there were a few moments where I actually wished I was home, safe and comfortable.
To Be Me - One Big G
Gorillas: Yes, I made it to Rwanda safely and made a visit to the mountain gorillas. It made all the missioning and scariness of the transit worth it. Rwanda and Uganda are amazing places that I will definitely come back to in the future. They are the safest places, by far, that I have been to in Africa with gorgeous people and landscapes. I have been like a movie star here whilst taking public transportation. The bus guys were actually getting more passengers on the bus by saying, "We have a mzungu on the bus!" Crazy. I feel like Catherine Zeta Jones. Just like she cannot walk down the street or take public transportation because of her Catherine Zeta Jones-ness, I cannot do it here because of my mzungu-ness. At every stop, children came running up to the minibus all smiles, yet all shy, to shake my hand and then run away giggling. I don't care how dirty their hands were, it warmed my soul to see their smiles. Even adults stopped and smiled at me. People here just cannot help
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See photographs from:
Uganda Gallery
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Rwanda Gallery
Diann (Canada), 2006-06-02 18:39:05