Sunday, June 05, 2005

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Just back in Kampala from a day and a half in Queen Elizabeth National Park, in the far west of Uganda. Let's see if my hotel's tiny pipe can handle all the pictures:

Terraced hillsides around Kabale.

These Acholi cattle, with their distinctive horns, remind me a lot of animals I had seen in ancient Egyptian paintings and carvings, but never actually encountered in real life (or its improved version, television).

Sunrise over the park.

Ugandan kob, which as far as I can tell are no different from Kenyan gazelles.

Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta.

Elephant family outing

Papa chows down.

God prepares to speak over the Kazinga Channel.

The edge of one of the Katwe Craters.

A computer simulation of the nice closeup I could have taken of this lion if I had my stolen camera. Sigh. (This one is a small snippet from a larger image, and wouldn't look good as a print.)

Fishing boats. Many of the inhabitants of the fishing villages in and near the park are missing limbs from encounters with hippos.

Salt collecting on Lake Katwe.

Sunrise from the back door of my hotel room.

On the road to Kampala we came across this troop of baboons.

Baboon family.

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