As I mentioned in my last blog post, some of us (crazy crazy people) decided it would be a fun idea to hike 45km from Jinja to Iganga. There are many factors to take into this. 1. Trains (Turns out that only 2 trains run a day and there so slow you know they are coming. 2. Heat (The Sunday heat wasn't that bad and around 1pm we had a nice rain shower to cool us down). 3. Distance (We never really thought about the distance just ploughed through. 4. Terrain (Going on train tracks might be considered flat but you are essentially walking on rocks the whole way so not the best idea). Despite all this it was a lot of fun and we did make it to Jinja (outskirts) after 10 hours walking. On arrival at the bar where we planned to finish I managed to catch the last 30 mins of Manchester United destroying Tottenham Hotspur so a good day all round. Here are some pictures from the hike:
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| This is the team at the start of the tracks in Iganga. |
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| This is what our terrain was made up of. Looks pleasant now but believe me on your feet its a nightmare. |
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| There are lots of people walking from village to village on the tracks, this particularly lady was carrying bananas on her head. |
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| One of the trains that we encountered along the way. |
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| This was where we stopped off for lunch. With a view like that, why not! |
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| This is the team who undertook the crazy hike. From top left: Marion, Toria, Pheobe, Alice, Tom, Myself, Theo and Sarah R. |
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| When we reached the midpoint town we had lots of kids following us for about half an hour down the tracks. |
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| Thought I might as well get in a picture with them. They love to pose for pictures and then go wild when you show them the picture. |
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| Like I said they like to pose.... |
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| We directed them all to jump at a certain time so I could get a nice picture. It kinda worked. |
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| These are baby sugar cane fields. This is the drainage basin of Lake Victoria so the land is so fertile for farming. |
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| To round off the walk we had Roll Eggs. They are pretty much my diet out here. Omelette with tomatoes and onions wrapped in a chippati. Lush. |