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UK Pit-Stop: Xmas&New Year - 10/Feb/2010 11:01 - 5188 days ago
Dec 09/Jan 2010: A wintry break in the UK - 3 weeks of flat roads, fast internet, anonyminity& proper bread. Oh,& it was...
Dutchie + trip to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary - 10/Feb/2010 10:43 - 5188 days ago
The latest jolly with the Dutch bunch saw us wading through swamps and ripping limbs in the tall grass, all in pursuit of the el...
Spooky - 10/Feb/2010 10:36 - 5188 days ago
Another year in Uganda, another chance to celebrate my favourite festival......
Little Face - 10/Feb/2010 08:47 - 5188 days ago
This photo - of one of the kids on my street - was my entry into a recent VSO photography competition. The children follow me ho...
Rhino Raft Race, Jinja - 10/Feb/2010 08:24 - 5188 days ago
November 2009: With high spirits& a mighty effort, the VSO rafting team paddled into 6th place (/20) in the annual Rhino Fun...
Cheerio VSO - Lonely Planet here I come - 10/Feb/2010 07:39 - 5188 days ago
October 2009: I bid farewell to my do-gooding& started a new job with The Far Horizon (http://www.thefarhorizons.com/), wher...
Chopper Chimps - 29/Sep/2009 07:20 - 5322 days ago
It’s the ‘Year of the Gorilla’ in Uganda& Rwanda. There have been a host of events (a most notable one being 50 people...
Zanzibar - 17/Sep/2009 07:02 - 5334 days ago
Beautiful Zanzibar - the land of coconuts& cloves, mazes& mosques, beaches& sunshine divine. My friend Al joined me...
Hairy Lemon - 17/Sep/2009 06:33 - 5334 days ago
A weekend at the Hairy Lemon with the Dutch bunch - a little back-to-basics island on the Nile (in eastern Uganda). A perfect s...
This just says it all... - 19/Aug/2009 07:16 - 5363 days ago
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Mwana Mugimu - painting weekend - 04/Aug/2009 12:06 - 5378 days ago
The VSO Kampala cluster spent an industrious& artistic weekend at the Mwana Mugimu (‘healthy child’) unit of Mulago Hosp...
Moonlighting - 04/Aug/2009 11:46 - 5378 days ago
Having recently joined to Iguana 'team' (I will be working there once a week from October), I spent the day with them at the cos...
USDC field trip - 04/Aug/2009 11:26 - 5378 days ago
A small series of pit stops 'up-country' for a work field trip. First a dash from Kampala to Soroti in the east,& then north...
Semliki - 18/Jun/2009 07:13 - 5425 days ago
A recent public holiday allowed the crew to pack up the camping kits& spend a long weekend at the remote Semliki reserve, in...
Kampala Street Festival - 04/Jun/2009 09:21 - 5439 days ago
Music /Art Festival, with drumming from the Kika Troupe, up& coming Ugandan artists& lots of beer....
Pedicure Prerogative - 26/May/2009 10:23 - 5448 days ago
Amidst the buzzing of boda-bodas& the heavily laden hawkers, weaving between dawdling cows, goats& pot holes, there are ...
Nightlife - 22/May/2009 12:19 - 5452 days ago
Kampala reportedly hosts some of East Africa's best nightlife& my local is no exception: the Dutch-owned, breezy Iguana bar,...
Mt Elgon - 19/May/2009 07:09 - 5455 days ago
Nine VSOs donned their crampons for a 4-day trek to the summit of Mt Elgon, in eastern Uganda. Everyone was on‘peak’ form (g...
USDC - 06/Apr/2009 10:49 - 5498 days ago
In light of several comments referring to my VSO‘holiday’, I thought it was about time to say a little about my work here. M...
Mwana Mugimu - 06/Apr/2009 08:31 - 5498 days ago
The VSOs in Kampala have gathered together, to work on a small project called‘Mwana Mugimu’ (healthy child). Over the next f...
Untitled - 12/Mar/2009 06:33 - 5523 days ago
Uptown Kampala - for the office of Mr Museveni, swanky hotels& boutiques, verdant surroundings& a rather large shopping ...
Untitled - 11/Mar/2009 19:28 - 5524 days ago
Downtown Kampala - home of the taxi parks, compact bustle, hawkers& dust. The name Kampala derives from the Luganda express...
Pebble - 11/Mar/2009 19:15 - 5524 days ago
It seems it is impossible for me to go anywhere, without acquiring a cat. Meet Pebble, otherwise known as 'Compound Cat'. I am...
Untitled - 11/Mar/2009 09:36 - 5524 days ago
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Matoke Tours - 11/Mar/2009 09:02 - 5524 days ago
The mushy, yellow mash which makes Matoke, is a staple of the Ugandan diet. Made from plantain, the 'green bananas' are peeled, ...
Ssese Islands, Jan 09 - 11/Mar/2009 06:43 - 5524 days ago
Girls' trip to the Ssese Islands - situated on the northwest of Lake Victoria. The Ssese archipelago consists of 84 islands; eac...
007 - 06/Mar/2009 10:30 - 5529 days ago
James Bond party. Even Ursula Andress came....
Safari'tastic - 05/Mar/2009 11:52 - 5530 days ago
Following the monkey business in Bwindi, the intrepid explorers continued in search of more Ugandan National Parks -& they w...
Gorilla Groupie - 05/Mar/2009 10:25 - 5530 days ago
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (sounds like something from 'Harry Potter', doesn't it?) is on the edge of the western rift valley, i...
Ugandan/Italian nuptials - 07/Jan/2009 15:01 - 5587 days ago
I had the pleasure of being invited to a swish wedding reception in Mukono district a few weeks ago - quite a grand affair with ...
New Year, Rwanda - 07/Jan/2009 14:52 - 5587 days ago
Hopped over the border to see in 2009, starting in the capital, Kigali& then heading to another lake (Kivu) to see how the V...
Christmas 2008; Lake Bunyonyi - 07/Jan/2009 14:25 - 5587 days ago
Fellow VSOs& I packed up our jingle bells for a few days at Lake Bunyonyi - 'place of little birds'. The area is dotted wit...
Colleagues - 16/Dec/2008 16:46 - 5609 days ago
Eva, my fundraising counterpart; Paul, the Lobbying& Advocacy Officer; Stephen, works in the field. Bonding& boozing aft...
My house - 16/Dec/2008 16:21 - 5609 days ago
This is my cosy home on Mawanda Road, which I share with salamanders, cockroaches, mosquitoes& the occasional frog....
The flicks - 10/Dec/2008 08:48 - 5615 days ago
My local bar, 'Bubbles', runs a movie night every Tuesday. It's like being at the open air theatre, only the seats are comfier, ...
Nicola&Gus lose their sea-legs... - 10/Dec/2008 08:43 - 5615 days ago
A fun day's sailing on Lake Victoria& then the whole world turns upside down......
The Feast of 'Sinterklaas' - 10/Dec/2008 06:35 - 5615 days ago
The last few months have been as much an education in all things Dutch as they have been Ugandan… this weekend played host to ...
Fort Portal weekend– 28th – 30th November - 10/Dec/2008 06:32 - 5615 days ago
A happy weekend was spent with the Dutch bunch (Renzo, Marlies, Guustaaf, Alien& Andre) in Fort Portal. Situated in the nort...
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