After all the work we have been doing in Iganga, we thought we should try and explore Uganda a bit on our days off (aka the weekend). We heard about this place called Sipi Falls that had a set of waterfalls around 3 hours to the East of where we live, near Mount Elgon and the Kenyan border. It was really cool! We left early Saturday morning and stayed in mud huts in this campsite and came back on the Sunday. We hiked both days for about 5 hours to see the falls and other sites in the area. It was a nice weekend to get away, didn't rain and was beautifal scenery as you can see from some of the pictures. I have 3 weeks left in my placement now which is a sad thought but we have a lot of work to be getting on with which I will update you with on here. Also yesterday a small group us of hiked for 45km along a railway track which was awesome. I will put those pictures up tomorrow.
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| Staple diet when travelling. Beans and rice. Nice and filling. |
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| This is the view of the landscape from near to where our campsite was. Pretty sweet. |
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| This is a hut that the villagers used to store food and sometimes live animals. |
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| This is Tom, Theo and I at the base of Sipi Falls. |
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| A nice flower for which I do not know the name of. |
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| The first of the waterfalls in the region that we explored. |
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| This is a small swimming pool that we came across and duly swam in. You could do some small rock jumping as demonstrated by this child. |
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| This is me at the top of one of the waterfalls. Felt tempted to dive in but was too dangerous. |
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| This is the behind the same watefalls. Everywhere we went we had a collection of villagers following us and cheering us on when we went swimming. |
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| This is the group who went on the adventure to Sipi Falls. |
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| Some of the villagers in the area who sat down with us for lunch. They were cool. |
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| This is me at the point we watched the sunset. That was sweet. |
