Home!! Familiarizing myself with this new town, my home for the 5 months, has been like making a friend. Timidly I began scampering on the sidewalk, hugging the shade, dodging boda bodas (motorbikes), bicycles, goats and chickens.I have finally learned, after a few close encounters, to look first right and then left when crossing the street here - as traffic drives on the opposite side here compared to the States. Jinja (even the name is fun to say, like jumanji...

From Murchison Falls National Park, Northeastern UgandaFebrary 27thThe soil and air are damp from the recent rain - which cooled the scorching afternoon. The birds are purring in the moist shrubs - announcing the sun's departure. Glenn is off photographing a family of warthogs (one male and 3 females) who inhabit red chillis campsite, where we are sleeping.We woke this morning at 6, when the stars still blinked brightly above us, and set out for a very early mor...