Following the Super Bowl, David grabbed a couple of hours of sleep (I was too jacked up and wanted to read the media reports) and then we headed back to Fort Portal and rejoined Karen.
On the way to the park we passed the Equator. The taxi driver and other passengers indulged us with a five minute break to take a picture. Unfortunately the passenger who shot this stuck his finger in the viewfinder and tilted the camera at an angle. My brother Mark has fixed it the best he could.
We traveled to Omwani Training Cafe just outside of Queen Elizabeth Park for two nights. It was started by a former Peace Corps volunteer and the lodging and food is half price for PCVs. Local Ag cohort Katie L. met us for fantastic pizza, cooked in clay brick ovens. She introduced her friend, Nicholas, who would be our park guide the next day.
We did our sightseeing standing up This Peace Corps experience makes me exercise so much!
We set off at 6 a.m. and spent until mid afternoon in the park. The guides would call each other when there was something pretty cool and we would meet other tourist vehicles.
We saw some slow-paced lion drama through binoculars. Two lions went into a brush to hide. A water buffalo stopped nearby to graze. Soon two more lions took up positions on the other side. He was surrounded. The rest of the herd kept going and the buffalo seemed oblivious. Was he old and knew it was his time? Had he lost a fight for dominance and been expelled? He didn’t seem injured. We watched for 45 minutes but there was no attack. The guides thought the lions would bide their time until nightfall. Vultures were flying overhead. No decent pictures of this. It was one time I wish I had a camera with telephoto lens. I had to resist the urge to walk up for a closer shot! They seemed peaceful enough!
Ugandan Cobb, which is on the flag and the money
“You should see the other guy”
The largest nests in the world are built by little birds called Hamacocks. I came up zilch on a fact check, but found a similar bird called a social weaver. residing in South Africa.
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The famed Ugandan Crested Crane. Its also on the flag, and all the money. The national soccer team is the Cranes.
Water Buffalo looking around for their friend.
Hippos on the shore of the local fishing village within the park..
I love this picture from the fishing village. If I made a print of this for my wall, should I trim the trash in the foreground, or retain its Ugandan authenticity?
This is a maribou stork a/k/a “Trash Bird” a/k/a Undertaker Bird at the fishing village. Note what appear to be white legs. Actually the bird shits on his own legs to keep cool.
We saw warthogs, several times, this was actually in the fishing village. I thought these guys would be mean.
Early on our tour, we saw a herd of elephants, but they were quite distant, and we were a bit disappointed. Then, by a stroke of luck, we happened upon a herd of about 40 elephants on both sides of the road, crossing it to go to water. My brother stitched together a few smart phone elephant videos here. You will hear Nicholas smugly say “Enjoy the nature”. You will also see a little baby between the legs of her mom, and very pregnant mommy to be..At one point a young one seemed about to head our direction. Our driver revved his engine to make him go back.
At this particular park there are no zebras nor giraffes, but they are about to be reintroduced. There are hyenas and leopards, but despite the efforts of our guides, we didn’t see them.