bujagali fallsyou can run right or left... beautiful as you can see... so sad that it will be gone soon....
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WHERE I AM ?
Detailing my experiences in Bujagali Falls, Uganda, October 2007-April 2008, and beyond.
Weather in Jinja, Uganda
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Uganda Time
Nepal Time
UganDOsomething?
I decided to start up this blog in order to keep in touch with people while volunteering at the Soft Power Health Clinic in Uganda from October 2007-April 2008. This blog was designed for family, friends, and anyone who so generously contributed to my trip so that you can all keep tabs on me, and so that i can let you know what i'm doing.
A lot has changed in the year since I started this blog. I am no longer working for Soft Power Health, nor am I in Uganda. However, i still believe in what Soft Power is trying to accomplish, and maintain close ties with my Uganda family. I have decided to keep this blog going to keep family and friends up to date on my exploits, wherever they may take me, whatever they may be. I chose to keep the name the same for simplicity's sake- its not perfect, but then again what is?
Please feel free to pass the address of this blog along to anyone else you think might be interested what I am doing, or about Soft Power Health.
Thanks! Anna
A lot has changed in the year since I started this blog. I am no longer working for Soft Power Health, nor am I in Uganda. However, i still believe in what Soft Power is trying to accomplish, and maintain close ties with my Uganda family. I have decided to keep this blog going to keep family and friends up to date on my exploits, wherever they may take me, whatever they may be. I chose to keep the name the same for simplicity's sake- its not perfect, but then again what is?
Please feel free to pass the address of this blog along to anyone else you think might be interested what I am doing, or about Soft Power Health.
Thanks! Anna
Some Links on Malaria, Soft Power Health, the works..
- Nomads: A Polly Green Film about Soft Power Health
- BBC News Uganda Country Profile and News Updates
- All Africa.com: African news
- The Moniter: Ugandan News
- The New Vision :Ugandan news
- The Eye Magazine: the insiders guide to Uganda
- Malaria Facts from the New York Times
- Distribution of Nets Splits Malaria Fighters
- Malaria Facts from Wikipedia.org
- Soft Power Health Clinic
Friends Blogs and other Links
- Nepali River Maps
- My Flickr photos
- Nile River News from Will Clark
- Love it Live it- Sam Wards Kayak the World company
- Far Away Adventures
- Nepali Girls Kayak Kiwi updates
- Love it Live it Blog news
- Christmas for Africa- Karl and Taras site about the UKC project
- Jim and Sherries website about their epic journey through Africa
- Kayak the Nile Website
- Morgan Koons Blog
Helpful Vocabulary
Boda Boda- motorcycle taxi
Matatu- minivan like vehicle that serves as public transportation all through uganda
Mzungu- White Person/Foreigner
NRE- nile river explorers campsite, where i live
Bujagali Falls- Village where i live
Sipi Falls- Area abut 3.5 hours east of Bujagali where Will, Fraggle, and Ian have opened their own lodge, Sipi River Lodge.
Jinja- Closest main town to Bujagali
Kampala- Capital City of Uganda
Lusoga/Luganda- local languages here in Bujagali
Posho- corn meal food staple
Matoke- Plantains
Chapati- egg/omelette wrapped in a tortilla, the ugangdan version of fast food.
Blunt- Aerial freestyle kayak maneuver that involves a vertical transfer of edges while in a front surf, to move to a back surf
Hairy Lemon- Island 45 k downstream of NRE, right below the nile special wave, where people go to stay and kayak
KTN- Kayak the Nile, the kayak school i work for
Ovale, Vivax, Falciprum, Malariae- strains of malaria prevalent here in Uganda
Matatu- minivan like vehicle that serves as public transportation all through uganda
Mzungu- White Person/Foreigner
NRE- nile river explorers campsite, where i live
Bujagali Falls- Village where i live
Sipi Falls- Area abut 3.5 hours east of Bujagali where Will, Fraggle, and Ian have opened their own lodge, Sipi River Lodge.
Jinja- Closest main town to Bujagali
Kampala- Capital City of Uganda
Lusoga/Luganda- local languages here in Bujagali
Posho- corn meal food staple
Matoke- Plantains
Chapati- egg/omelette wrapped in a tortilla, the ugangdan version of fast food.
Blunt- Aerial freestyle kayak maneuver that involves a vertical transfer of edges while in a front surf, to move to a back surf
Hairy Lemon- Island 45 k downstream of NRE, right below the nile special wave, where people go to stay and kayak
KTN- Kayak the Nile, the kayak school i work for
Ovale, Vivax, Falciprum, Malariae- strains of malaria prevalent here in Uganda
About Me
- anna bruno
- Uganda
- I graduated from Colby College, in Waterville Maine, in may 2007 with a degree in French and International Studies. I got into whitewater kayaking a few years ago, and it has had a major impact thus far on my life, taking me first to Uganda, and now to Nepal, in all manner of activities. I can't wait to see where i takes me next!
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All photos copyright Anna Bruno, unless otherwise stated. Please feel free to contact me if you want to use them, or would like a full resolution copy of the image.
Cheers!
Cheers!
WHERE I AM ?
Sponsors
Seeing as all volunteers at Soft Power Health are responsible for financing their own trips, including living and travel expenses, as well as a $75 per week donation to Soft Power Health, I owe the many people who have contributed and helped finance my trip a huge debt of thanks. Mwaybale Nyo! as we say in lusoga.
Andy Lewis* Jim Riley* Sandy Sparrow* David and Phyllis Bookspan* The Klothen Family* Rita Pollinger* Rick Gelman* Frances Sheehan* Sarah Rehberg* Ann Swan* Andrea and Mike Bruno* Chris Wright* Richard Pollinger* Leo Fitzgerald* Lisa and Jon Heller* Susan and Ben Brake*Louise Gilbert* Don Lambert*Helen Schachner* Marjorie Yudkin* Randy Tiffany* Amy Binder * John Greenstein* Melissa Maxman*Lev Barinov* Helen Plotkin* Rich Shuldenfrei* Reisa Mukamel* Steve Arnold* Peggy O'Donnell * Ned Donahue* Patricia Bruno* Mary Anne Muriello* Ken Wareham and Grain Services Inc. *
If you are interested in donating to Soft Power Health, please contact me at bruno.anna@gmail.com, or visit http://www.softpowerhealth.org/donate.html
Andy Lewis* Jim Riley* Sandy Sparrow* David and Phyllis Bookspan* The Klothen Family* Rita Pollinger* Rick Gelman* Frances Sheehan* Sarah Rehberg* Ann Swan* Andrea and Mike Bruno* Chris Wright* Richard Pollinger* Leo Fitzgerald* Lisa and Jon Heller* Susan and Ben Brake*Louise Gilbert* Don Lambert*Helen Schachner* Marjorie Yudkin* Randy Tiffany* Amy Binder * John Greenstein* Melissa Maxman*Lev Barinov* Helen Plotkin* Rich Shuldenfrei* Reisa Mukamel* Steve Arnold* Peggy O'Donnell * Ned Donahue* Patricia Bruno* Mary Anne Muriello* Ken Wareham and Grain Services Inc. *
If you are interested in donating to Soft Power Health, please contact me at bruno.anna@gmail.com, or visit http://www.softpowerhealth.org/donate.html
5 comments:
That does look amazing. I was happy when I heard about a class II play wave an hour away, but now not so much.
This is a classic example of "follow the green tongue"...looks like fun...send more pix!
Dad
Hi Anna,
Love your blog.
Post pictures of the people.
You are amazing.
Love you,
Lisa
Hi Anna!
I love your blog. I have 6:30 AM practice tomorrow. Thought of you when Beers said that....Love you!
So, How is the river? Have you been out to play? Tell us more!!
Love, Mom
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