Date: Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Subject: TIA - This is Africa
To: jpearson@ctmt.com
I'm in Rwanda. I'm safe. I'm well fed. It's 80. My safari in Kenya was awesome - soo many zebra, giraffe, crocodile, rhino, baboon, monkey, scavengers, gazelle, etc. I was the first person to stay in my hotel for 10 days, it had no power the first night and the owners were leaving the country on Wednesday... I felt fine going around Nairobi during the day but would never go out after dark.
Tomorrow we are going to track gorillas near the Congo then we are going to hopefully cross over into Uganda - track up to a village and go and camp out on an island near the city of Kabale. After this we are off to Fort Portal to hike though the crater lakes & biwindi for a few days, then off to Murhison Falls to track hippos & elephants and see the falls, then down to Jinja to raft down the Nile.
On my flight from Nairobi to Kenya we met some UW Badgers and played the name game and found some mutual friends - small world.
Last night it thundered and poured here in Kigali. Nairobi is very arid and Kigali is very tropical. The flight was awesome - flying in & out of Burundi. Rwanda reminds me a lot of Kyrgyzstan - more than any other country I've been to.
Everyplace in Africa seems to smell like B.O. or friend chicken.
I'm safe and having fun. Hope y'all are too.
Regards,
Jeffrey James
4 comments:
Very interesting Jeffy, hope you can post more and maybe some pictures. I would love a small rock. Love Jana
Thanks for the update. Try to send some pictures. All is fine here. Continue to be safe. Love Mom & Dad...
Hey Jeff! If you can, try to get a picture of a hippo...it's my favorite animal ever!!!
Janelle
Hey Jeff! Sounds like you are having quit an exciting tour of Africa. How cool! Would love to see some pics. If you can pick me up a lil momento from Africa for my living room. Anything.. If ya can.?. Cant wait to here more about your trip. Going down the Nile should be exciting. I am SO JEALOUS! Love Ya Kelly
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