For my last weekend in Africa I went to Murchison falls in the north of Uganda with 5 others. We hired a driver to take us there and left at 7am on friday morning altho that was delayed until 8.30am as Nick (one of the guys who came along) over slept! We went to a rhino sanctuary on the way which was really good. There are no wild rhinos in Uganda due to them all being slaughtered by poachers in the 70s and 80s when Amin was in power and the parks were not pro...

Only a week left in Africa! Its gone so quickly and I'll be very sad to leave but equally I'm very excited about South America! I went gorilla trekking in Nkuringo, Bwindi National Park, western Uganda at the weekend and the good news is we saw them! I went with two other soft power volunteers and we had a long 15 hour drive from Jinja to Nkuringo on Friday. We left at 6am and arrived at 9.30pm. The roads were terrible and full of pot holes so we were glad to...

Ive been in Uganda now for 11 days, not had a chance to get online yet so here is the latest! Arrived in Kampala a week and a half ago after a very long bus ride! Checked into the backpackers and then had a look around the citywith my friend Louise who I travelled across with. We went to some tombs of ancient kings which were pretty interesting. The descendantsof the kings' many wives still live in the houses by the tombs incase the current king of Buganda ...

I got back from safari on saturday. I was in a group of four and none of us knew each other but we all got on really well. We went to tarangire national park, the ngorogoro crater and lake manyara national park. Saw so many animals!! Got about 2m away from a pride of lions, very close to elephants and wildebeast. Also saw loads of hippos and were priviledged to also be surrounded by a group of 15 giraffes which made some great photos! It was a great trip but...

I have tried to upload some pictures of my Kilimanjaro trek but there is a block on these computers whcih prevents you from uploading anything so I'm afraid there is still no photo of me at the top! I did get there though, I promise! I am off on a 3 day safari tomorrow to tarangire national park, ngorogoro crater and lake manyara. I have booked in to a tour with 5 others so it should be fun. The two girls I climbed Kilimanjaro with are off on an organised tour...