A Rest on the Nile

For a break we have been to Jinja over the New Year with Corrie.

Jinja is the second largest town in Uganda, at the source of the Nile on Lake Victoria. Our lodge was on a hill overlooking the Nile at what used to be the Bujagali Falls – until a dam was made for a new hydro-electric scheme.

 Malcolm took the opportunity to try out a hammock on the verandah of our room.

He also made the most of the restaurant at the lodge

Irene and Corrie enjoyed chilling out in a local coffee shop.

They also found the weather unseasonably chilly - for Uganda.

We visited a small weaving factory and had a tour of the workshop.

There were a number of new bugs. There were very small ants, and monster ants...

.....and something which may have been a frog

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This week’s African Proverb from the BBC web-site is from Uganda: “You don't punish a fish by throwing it in water”