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.
Mount Elgon Volcano from space (thanks google)
And in relation to Lake Victoria and Kisumu (light blue bay)
Guides Alex and George with Jaco
Me and George on the way up
Me determined not to spend another night freezing
Me in freezing waterfall shower, cave entrance
Jaco testing the shower...
Tudum Cave, where we slept.
Tudum Cave as we cam accross it
dinner cooked in the cave
View from the start of the walk
Mzungus - good excuse to run out of class
Civilisation - Mnt Elgon hotel
My favorite bush dunny. mostly bush. not much dunny.
Don't lean back - they're nettles.
the restaurant at the end of the universe ?
One of the smokey huts where we cooked (smoked) our food.
guides and porters on the road
mountain in the distance.... 3221 m above us !
Shots from working in Kisumu..
Landing in Kisumu, over Lake Victoria
Guillaume at our "office" - top floor bar of the Imperial Hotel
Boda-Boda - the only way to get aorund Kisumu
Lake Victoria from the hotel
One of the water supply projects
Mike Woolgar; Water and Environment Director on a tight budget project
The first private water supply company I've seen in Africa
our favorite restaurant - Tilapia Beach