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Day 12 – Eldoret

Today we woke up at around 5:30 to leave our camp by 7, after packing our tent we hopped on to the bus, to the border back into Kenya. after 3h of driving, we arrived at the border and went through immigration to go back into Kenya, but when we got back on the bus […]

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Day 11 – Jinja

Today I was able to sleep in until 8:30 am, so I quickly grabbed breakfast before going to reception as the others were leaving on their different tours. I used my free time to FaceTime Jamie for about an hour, before grabbing a burger. After the burgers, we went down to the Quad biking place […]

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Day 10 – Jinja

Today we got up at 5h30 to pack our tents ahead of everyone for our rafting day. We left at around 6h30 and took a 2h30 journey to Jinja. Once in Jinja, we all signed up for our full day of rafting. we had a quick cup of tea before taking our breakfast onto the […]

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Day 9 – Kampala

Today we got up early, once again at 5 am, we grabbed breakfast and packed up our tents onto the bus for our journey to Kampala, where we would be staying in the same hotel we had stayed in a few nights before. After leaving at around 6h30 we drive for 3h before stopping to […]

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Day 8 – Lake Bunyonyi

Today I was able to wake up without an alarm clock at around 6h30. I managed to Skype Jamie for about an hour before breakfast, following our breakfast we went down to the hotel bar where we took a boat to see a pigmy tribe would live nearby. The boat ride took about an hour, […]

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Day 7 – Gorilla Treck

Today we woke up early as usual at around 4 am, we first had breakfast before leaving our camp at 5h30 in one of our campsites vans with another 6 people from our group, and took a 2h bus on the bumpiest roads imaginable, with what felt like no suspension. We arrived half asleep at […]

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Day 6 – Chimpanzee trecking

today was another early day, where we grabbed a light breakfast, before heading into the jungle which was next to our camp at 6:30 am, to try and see chimpanzees. We were first split into 3 groups of around 7 before heading along a slippery path in the jungle going up and down through the […]

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Day 5 – Kalinzu Forest Reserve

Today we woke up slightly later at 5h30 for another long driving day. breakfast was pancakes, I had time to pack my tent and go to reception for a bit more internet, before getting back not he bus for a 9h drive to our next destination. Our first stop was to get Ugandan money and […]

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Day 4 – Kampala

Today we woke up at 4:30 and had to pack up all our tents, which was difficult considering how early it was. After doing all of that we went to the bus, where a sandwich station was made for us to prepare our pack lunch. We then had our breakfast at 5 am, where we […]

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Day 3 – Eldoret

Today I woke up at 6 am to go to the bathroom, so since it was too late to go back to bed, I rekindled the fire for a while, while using some wifi. Before breakfast, we all had to pack up our tents and help out the others, before putting all the equipment next […]

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