24.3.07 - Backlog: Business Trip – “we just tolerate it”

My first “business trip” has been to Kabarole district/Ft. Portal town in S.W. Uganda to participate in an exchange visit with our project partners and the Kabarole Resource/Research Network. The ride was totally miserable! We rented a private matutu, which are generally used for public transport, to drive us south.

Readjusting after a bump in the road:


The passengers:


En route we passed through an IDP camp housing Ugandans displaced by the conflict rampant in northern Uganda:


Lunch break, road side. Jimmy, a technical advisor to one of our project partners, NACWOLA, having a quick feast of muchomo, roasted meat….


The only enjoyable aspect of the 10 hour drive, with 18 people in a 14 passenger van, where I sat directly over the engine, was the drive through the national park. Olive baboons! Everywhere!





Vincent broke the rules – he says baboons deserve cookies too:



More details on the KRC visit to come!