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Vee L East Africa
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- Feb 22, 2016, 12:25pm
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 1,252 m
- Uganda Western Region Busiriba Nkingo Kibale Conservation Area 0.43776, 30.39610°26’16” N 30°23’46” E
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Day 52
It happened.
February 22, 2016 in Uganda ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Yep. Amazing morning. I'm overwhelmed with random emotions that are kind of funny... All brought on because I've done something today I never thought I would... I saw chimpanzees! Lots of them! Like 20! For those who have known me for a while, I've been absolutely head over heels in love with chimps since my childhood, reading everything I can about them whenever I could. I remember I would rotate through renting out the chimp books at my primary school library over and over again...

I was in a world of my own all morning. And now I'm emotional. It's making me wonder where did I go right in life? How did I deserve all this? I'm even getting as philosophical as going all the way back to how did I land such amazing parents? They gave me a sense of responsibility, they made sure we knew how important school was, and I made something of myself because of the values they taught me. I have an amazing job, great schooling, I'm incredibly happy in life, I have an amazing partner who encourages me to be confident and partake in making decisions... I've always been a follower and now I know I can make decisions and reach for goals of mine and be selfish sometimes... I say selfish because I just spent my morning running in front of the group of people on the hike to be the first one in line to see the chimps. Lol. Selfish because I asked Jack to carry everything including the camera so that I could be free to enjoy the experience.

Yes, seeing chimps has made me rethink of my life and be incredibly proud of where I am. Best of all, and those who know me well will understand, I'm at a point in my life where I can actually say that I deserve all this. I deserve a good, supportive partner. I deserve to treat myself to these crazy adventures and expensive day trips. I worked for it. And I'm loving it.Read more
Guy Lalonde I'm so, SOOOOOOO proud of you, Vee. I love you. Dad x
2/22/16Reply
Reading this this evening made me grin ear to ear. So happy for you. Josée C
2/22/16Reply
Carole Lalonde Tu as l'air tellement heureuse...contente pour toi.
2/23/16Reply
So glad for you Vee and you are so right - you certainly do deserve every bit of it. So proud of who you are. Love you lots. Momxoxo
2/23/16Reply
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Vee L East Africa
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- Feb 21, 2016, 7:54pm
- 🌙 -5 °C
- Altitude: 1,252 m
- Uganda Western Region Busiriba Nkingo Kibale Conservation Area 0.43775, 30.396130°26’16” N 30°23’46” E
Day 51
It's tomorrow!
February 21, 2016 in Uganda ⋅ 🌙 -5 °C
Tomorrow, tomorrow! I had a great day today but it's tomorrow! You'll have to wait and see!

Today we walked from 9am until 415pm around the crater lakes next to Kibale national park. There's about 10 lakes you can hike through. Jack had spotted a map that was pretty detailed, so of course we took pictures of it instead of buying it... Lol! So on my phone we managed to do a heck of a lot of ground on our own today, from lake to lake.

The hike wasn't too challenging. For all the incline there was decline. Hot and sweaty by the end anyway. The views were absolutely incredible. The people all say hi. Some kids follow, some ask for money, but for the most part really friendly and simple people. We had a great satisfaction in being able to do it ourselves. So many people say you should take a guide everywhere, mostly so they can get paid. But with decent team work and confidence, we did it ourselves! Asking people for directions along the way was actually rare, and we were mostly right with our gut!

We attempted to make our way to a waterfall but some guy showed up saying we had to pay 15000 each to go, with no signage anywhere saying so and no signage indicating that we were even on the correct route so we refused of course and made our way to the river that feeds the waterfall instead. We got to soak our feet and refresh ourselves from the super hot day. It was perfect! Until the crowd of children and teen boys around us got overwhelming... Asking for our mango, our orange our water, wanting my camera. Randomly laughing. They were brewing banana beer at the water so it was clear those teens were drunk and so so obnoxious.

Drinking is an issue, especially in the rural towns... Every man we crossed at least smelled of alcohol. It was impressive. Old men, middle age men, walking crooked at 1pm and yelling random things to us... I'd walk into a shop and be followed super close by someone who reeks alcohol and doesn't understand a personal bubble... The only times I've ever felt more aware of my surroundings for safety purposes is with clearly drunk men. It's an issue. I guess when you have nothing else to do all day...

Anywho, it's tomorrow! It's tomorrow!Read more
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Uganda - Die Perle Afrikas
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- Jan 23, 2020, 4:45pm
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 1,207 m
- Uganda Western Region Busiriba Nkingo 0.40908, 30.3998660°24’33” N 30°23’60” E
Day 6
Swamp Walk
January 23, 2020 in Uganda ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Wir haben den Hals noch nicht voll und machen nachmittags mit dem Rest unserer Gruppe noch eine Mini-Wanderung durch den hiesigen Sumpf, einfach mal zum locker werden...👌
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