Between a trip to Tanzania to lead a Pima training of trainers, my family's wonderful visit to Uganda, and the beginning of the rollout of 250 Pima machines, the past month has been quite crazy. To start the catch up, some pictures from the trip....
Lake Bunyonyi... I was trying to think of a prettier place I have been and having a really hard time. Bunyonyi means place of little birds, and I've never seen so many amazing birds in my life. We stayed at a wonderful community-run "resort" on an island in the middle of the lake, took a couple great hikes, and saw the best stars any of us have seen in years.
Gorillas in Bwindi... Ruhija (the town where we stayed) was also definitely one of the 5 prettiest places I have been. Trekking down to the gorillas was crazy (at one point I was seriously concerned we weren't going to be able to get all 5 of us back up the jungle mountain we were trekking down), but somehow we all made it. The experience was amazing, and following around a group of enormous mountain gorillas for an hour was really unforgettable.
Murchison falls -- we got to see the spectacular waterfalls as well as the game park. We had a lion sighting, spectacular giraffes, loads of elephants, hippos, and crocodiles a bit too close for Sam's comfort. We could hear the hippos at night from our safari tents overlooking the Nile river.
We finished up with a couple days in Kampala shopping, eating, and hosting a party for some of my friends here.
Overall, it was a spectacular trip. I'm not sure any of us envisioned Uganda as a great family vacation destination, but it certainly was.
Lake Bunyonyi... I was trying to think of a prettier place I have been and having a really hard time. Bunyonyi means place of little birds, and I've never seen so many amazing birds in my life. We stayed at a wonderful community-run "resort" on an island in the middle of the lake, took a couple great hikes, and saw the best stars any of us have seen in years.
Gorillas in Bwindi... Ruhija (the town where we stayed) was also definitely one of the 5 prettiest places I have been. Trekking down to the gorillas was crazy (at one point I was seriously concerned we weren't going to be able to get all 5 of us back up the jungle mountain we were trekking down), but somehow we all made it. The experience was amazing, and following around a group of enormous mountain gorillas for an hour was really unforgettable.
Murchison falls -- we got to see the spectacular waterfalls as well as the game park. We had a lion sighting, spectacular giraffes, loads of elephants, hippos, and crocodiles a bit too close for Sam's comfort. We could hear the hippos at night from our safari tents overlooking the Nile river.
Overall, it was a spectacular trip. I'm not sure any of us envisioned Uganda as a great family vacation destination, but it certainly was.
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