Friday, May 11, 2007

Uganda - The Source Of The Nile

Uganda was just amazing. It's so green! We had the ambassador of Uganda to Libya on board as a passenger and he arranged an excursion for us to go and visit Lake Victoria at the point where the Nile river begins. We stayed in the capital which is called Kampala.
The flight to Entebbe is via Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. This was taken just before we landed.
Addis Ababa's Bole International Airport.
On the short flight between Addis Ababa and Entebbe we serve passengers a sandwich and cookies. The crew ate about 50 cookies between us!
Kampala, the capital of Uganda.
Entebbe International Airport. The country's main airport is in Entebbe (which is 1 hour from Kampala) because the capital is surrounded by hills.
Lake Victoria.
Our first sighting of the Nile as we drove towards Lake Victoria.
Some of the Nile rapids.
The crew in front of the rapids. L-R Reginald (Philippines), Kyung (South Korea), Laila (Czech Republic), Sirichanya (Thailand), Antoine (Lebanon) and me.
This placard is near the source of the Nile.
The girls boarding the boat which took us for a short tour.
Us on the boat.
Lake Victoria ends and the Nile begins at the rocks.
This rock is called Zero Point. It is next to the rocks shown in the above picture.
We saw a Nile crocodile!

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