Uganda Jan. 2014: Misc.

Bricks are made by hand

Night number two, at Primate Lodge

Research study in the Virunga Mountains

Ruhija Gorilla Lodge

View of Virungas from Ruhija Gorilla Lodge

Kyambura Lodge, overlooking escarpment

Breakfast on Kyambura patio

Tiny little tea leaves. The first three are hand-harvested and are considered premium

Coffee, foreground, tea in distance

And more tea

Conservation areas abutted by some of the most densely populated rural areas on the planet. Average birthrate: 9 children per family.

Mike Ohguchi, Joe

Hammerkop nests can weigh hundreds of pounds

Salt from Lake George salt pans

Mahogany Springs Lodge, Buhoma. Accommodating staff. Even the mice were nice.

Virunga Mountains, seen from Mahogany Springs Lodge porch

Mahogany Springs Lodge Dining Room

Bodabodas are everywhere. The term derives from "border to border" 

Market day

Herding goats home for the evening

Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers are never without their rifles and cell phones

Tracker in Ruhija

Security gets ready to accompany tourists at Buhoma

Hawking fresh-caught fish from Lake Victoria

Veteran of four visits to  Equator on two continents. Is there a zero latitude version of the sky high club?

Clever hand washing system at Ruhija base camp.

 Another First World problem, solved:  purchasing excess luggage to carry home excess junk

Fort Portal, across from the post office where we bought the stamps for the postcards that some readers may have received by now.

Bananas are everywhere. Used to make matoke, a staple food.

"Any road, any load"

 Road from Bwindi to Kabale, aka the "African massage"

Khali, Uganda!