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| − | Another work trip to work for a job in Kisumu on Lake Victoria. Took a week off over easter to go to Uganda, where I met up with Jacobien and we did a hike up Mount Elgon, an extinct volcano on the Kenyan / Ugandan border. Uganda seemed like a good place to meet as Jacobien was working in DRC and we met in Entebbe. Below the Uganda shots are some shots from the project in Kisumu, Kenya. | + | Another work trip to work for a job in Kisumu on Lake Victoria. Took a week off over easter to go to Uganda. Below the Uganda shots are some shots from the project in Kisumu, Kenya. |
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| − | Image:MountElgonFromSpace.JPG|Mount Elgon Volcano from space (thanks google)
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| − | Image:mntElgonAndKisumu.JPG|And in relation to Lake Victoria and Kisumu (light blue bay)
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| − | Image:foothillsMntElgon.JPG|foothills
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| − | Image:alexGeorgeJaoc.JPG|Guides Alex and George with Jaco
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| − | Image:alexGeorgeMntElgon.JPG|Me and George on the way up
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| − | Image:alexMntElgon.JPG|Me above the treeline
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| − | Image:alexTentMntElgon.JPG|Me determined not to spend another night freezing
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| − | Image:alexWaterfallShower.jpg|Me in freezing waterfall shower, cave entrance
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| − | Image:jacoWaterfallShower.JPG|Jaco testing the shower...
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| − | Image:junglePictureMntElgon.JPG|framed by nature..
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| − | Image:photoMatatu1.JPG|a spacious matatu
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| − | Image:tudumCaveMntElgon.JPG|Tudum Cave, where we slept.
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| − | Image:alexJacoTopMntElgon.JPG|Us at the summit
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| − | Image:allFourOnTop.JPG|the gang up top
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| − | Image:bridgeSipi.JPG|bridge at Sipi falls
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| − | Image:campsite3500.JPG|Camping at 3,500m
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| − | Image:caveInJungle.JPG|Tudum Cave as we cam accross it
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| − | Image:cloudsFromTop.JPG|clouds from the top
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| − | Image:crossingBridgeElgon.JPG|jaco crosses a bridge
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| − | Image:fireInCave.JPG|dinner cooked in the cave
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| − | Image:foothills2.JPG|View from the start of the walk
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| − | Image:foothills3.JPG|more foothills...
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| − | Image:jacoRestaurant.JPG|jaco in the restaurant
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| − | Image:jacoStreamElgon.JPG|cool stream to wash in
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| − | Image:jungleElgon.JPG|more garden-like forest
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| − | Image:kidsOutOfschool.JPG|Mzungus - good excuse to run out of class
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| − | Image:lastBarOnHike.JPG|A Thoroughly Modern Bar
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| − | Image:lastBeerOnHike.JPG|and a modern restaurant
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| − | Image:mntElgonHotel.JPG|Civilisation - Mnt Elgon hotel
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| − | Image:moonscapeTopElgon.JPG|Crossing the crater rim
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| − | Image:overgrownToilet.JPG|My favorite bush dunny. mostly bush. not much dunny.
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| − | Image:nettlesInToilet.JPG|Don't lean back - they're nettles.
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| − | Image:posingChildren2.JPG|Some would be models
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| − | Image:posingChildren.JPG|More modelling work
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| − | Image:restaurantOnHike.JPG|the restaurant at the end of the universe ?
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| − | Image:sipiFalls.JPG|Falls at end of hike...
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| − | Image:skyElgon.JPG|Sky and trees
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| − | Image:smokeyHut.JPG|One of the smokey huts where we cooked (smoked) our food.
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| − | Image:startOfHike2.JPG|guides and porters on the road
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| − | Image:startOfHike.JPG|mountain in the distance.... 3221 m above us !
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| − | Image:sunsetCloud.JPG|clouds from top
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| − | Image:topWagagai.JPG|proof !
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| − | Image:treesElgon.JPG|Trees
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| − | Image:valleyElgon.JPG|looks like australia !
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| − | Image:viewDown.JPG|view over the plains
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| − | Image:viewOnwayUp.JPG
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| − | Image:viewFromTopElgon.JPG
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| + | * [[Kenya April 2007]] |
| − | Shots from working in Kisumu..
| + | * [[Uganda April 2007]] |
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| − | Image:landingKisumu.JPG|Landing in Kisumu, over Lake Victoria
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| − | Image:guillaumeInOurOfficeBar.JPG|Guillaume at our "office" - top floor bar of the Imperial Hotel
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| − | Image:kisumuTransport.JPG|Boda-Boda - the only way to get aorund Kisumu
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| − | Image:lakeVictoria.JPG|Lake Victoria from the hotel
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| − | Image:manyattaWaterSupply2.JPG|One of the water supply projects
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| − | Image:manyattaWaterSupply.JPG|again...
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| − | Image:mikeOnABike.JPG|Mike Woolgar; Water and Environment Director on a tight budget project
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| − | Image:privateSupply2.JPG|The first private water supply company I've seen in Africa
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| − | Image:privateSupply3.JPG|flocculation..
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| − | Image:privateWaterSupply.JPG|abstraction..
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| − | Image:restaurantLakeKisumu.JPG|our favorite restaurant - Tilapia Beach
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| − | Image:tilapiaBeachRestaurant.JPG|the view..
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| − | Image:tilapia.JPG|the food..
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| − | Image:stormKisumu.JPG|the rains finally come
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| − | Image:viewFromHotel.JPG|view from the hotel
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| − | </gallery>
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Another work trip to work for a job in Kisumu on Lake Victoria. Took a week off over easter to go to Uganda. Below the Uganda shots are some shots from the project in Kisumu, Kenya.
