June 22nd, 2012 
Annemarie After the AIDS conference in Nairobi and the AIM conference in Jinja (which was also good with talks from Steve Lancaster (AIM UK) and even a visit from Steve Wolcott who gave his testimony about what he went through the last year – and then we can only say that God is a faithful God) I am still in Uganda. Because of a lot of people passing through Kampala to go to their places of ministry, I am not staying at the Inn but with a friend (Laura) who lives not far from the guesthouse. So I come there every day to check my emails and browse the internet.
I took the opportunity of wanting to wait for Meriam, a Dutch girl who comes to Adi next month to work at the hospital in Adi (and I must say that I am looking forward to her visit) to go on a short break of three days with Toni Stenger to Lake Mburo National Park. One of the newer parks in Uganda it is situated not far from Mbarara in southwest Uganda. There is a variety of wild life, which can be seen from close by. Guards organize nature walks and boat trips, and we participated in both. It was worth while as we saw many animals during those activities. On the way to the park we passed the Equator, which asked for a picture as well.
Toni standing at the Equator, on foot in the north and the other in the south.
At the entrance to the park
African Fish Eagle
Another African Fish Eagle, seen during our boat trip
Baby zebra
Male impala
Warthog in typical grazing position
Velvet monkeys grooming each other near our banda
A view of Lake Mburo with the restaurant and a grazing warthog
The warthog up close
Weaverbird’s nests
Enjoying the sunset
A boa constrictor. The unwanted visitor in our banda was captured by guards and let go, but not after having taken pictures…
The constrictor was about a meter long
The shy bushbuck
Nature walk. From a look-out we saw hippo’s in the swamp.
And we saw lots of them during our boat trip.
We also saw lots of impala. We saw this herd during our nature walk.
Male waterbuck
And a whole waterbuck family
A sleeping crocodile seen during our boat trip
There are also buffalo in the park. During our nature walk we saw one from far and during our boat trip we saw this one hiding in the bush. And that was all. We must have some animals left to see next time we come…and that includes lions and leopards as well.
Some animals we could see up close, like this warthog taking a mud bath in a pothole on the road. She didn’t want to leave.
And some animals, like these baboons, did their best not to be seen by us as they ran away when our car was approaching.
Baboon mother with baby on her back escaping to be seen.
A herd of topi saying: “Goodbye, until next time.”
Inside the museum
Two model banda’s of homes people used to live in. You can also enter them.
Also this visit to the museum is recommandable. It is very interesting to hear about and see the display of how people lived in southwest Uganda during the ages.
I will continue chilling in Kampala until Meriam arrives very early July 1.
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