Our siblings decided to bring in the New Year with us in Uganda. My sisters came for two weeks and then halfway through their trip, Greg’s brother also came over for two weeks. We decided to do a big trip with each and then did a safari together as I think Greg has been on enough to last him a lifetime.
On one of the girls' first days, I decided to take them down to Mabamba Swamp in search of the elusive shoebill. Unfortunately for all of us, it remained elusive yet again and all we got to see was one flying by in the distance. We did, however, get to see a few other cool birds and the girls got the full African experience as this was their first time using a bathroom that is literally a hole in the ground. They also got to experience the other side of African wildlife as they got introduced to a multitude of bugs while venturing deep into the swamp. For more pictures from their trip, check out our SmugMug.
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| Long-toed Lapwing. |
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| Blue-breasted Bee-eater. |
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| On a boat in the Mabamba Swamp. |
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| Cute little frog! |
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| The elusive shoebill stork flew by, but we didn't get a closer look. |
After our lovely experience out on the water all morning we drove a little further South so they could experience crossing the Equator. Here, they also got to experience the slowness of Africa as our order of 3 sandwiches arrived at the table one at a time over the course of an hour.
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| Sisters on the Equator in Uganda! |
After an exhausting day, we went to a New Year’s Wine and Cheese party in the neighborhood so they could meet some of our friends and see a very quick firework show. A quick firework show, because the fireworks are only allowed to be set off for 5 minutes. After the 5 minutes, fireworks become illegal again so every house stops right at 12:05 AM. We had to call it an early night as the next day we were off to Kibale National Park to go chimp trekking.
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