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Annihilated on the Nile: Booze Cruising in Jinja

By on August 27, 2015

Open bars are like open relationships. Someone’s internal organs are going to get hurt. And even though our hearts were not broken, some livers were certainly damaged.

Jinja, Uganda, is…


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Doing it Like They Do on the Discovery Channel: Mountain Gorilla Trek in Bwindi Forest

By on August 23, 2015

I love the Discovery Channel. Watching the David Attenborough narrated documentaries about the worlds wild and wonderful species. Learning about the graceful movements, fascinating eating habits, and, of course, mating…


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Bunking with Baboons

By on August 22, 2015

We all have those friends who like to turn up at your home uninvited, pretending that they ‘just want to hang out’, when they really ‘just want free food’.

When…


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Chasing Chimps: Chimpanzee Tracking in the Kalinzu Forest

By on August 22, 2015

My first encounter with Ugandan primates had been intimidating to say the least, but it was time to give the locals a second chance. It was time to meet…


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Crossing the Equator

By on August 21, 2015

There are some comforts I miss when travelling. The taste of freshly spread vegemite on toast, the sound of locals riding bounding kangaroos through through the city, the counterclockwise…