The key to the stress of cross cultural living is taking breaks. We have the privilege of living in a country of great natural beauty, so we have opportunity to see some amazing things. It is pristine because it is hard to get to--I still don't know how I feel about almost dying to get to these places, BUT it is amazing. The kids especially loved Lake Mburo, which is a small national park between Kabale and Kampala. It was gorgeous and we celebrated Aaron's birthday present here.
One kind of scary, but fun thing was that we got stuck in a swamp. This is a small park, and used to not have lions or leopards, so you can go out by yourself with a map and get around ok. But, we had just heard someone had recently spotted leopards and lions and then we got stuck in a swamp. That was interesting. It was the end of the rainy season and roads were still muddy! Thankfully, we got spotty phone reception and with loads of prayer and more grace, we could manage to contact the lodge and they came and got us. Micah was so excited--"I've never been rescued before, I've only read about this!" Micah turns 10 this year and it doesn't get much better than that!
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| I loved this cow just hanging out in the back of the truck--reminds me of Texas. |
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| Baboons, the welcoming committee. |
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| Mallory showing her stuffed zebra the relatives. |
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| Gorgeous Woodland Kingfisher. |
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| A lone topi--king of the hill. |
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| The impala harem. |
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| Impala and warthogs. |
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| Zebras are so cool and fun to watch! |
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| The lodge and where we could eat and observe a salt lick through the spyglass. |
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| Our tent. |
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| Way cool shower--it's an eco lodge, so it blended in with the hill!!! |
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| Part of our tent/hut. |
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| The pool! Small, but picturesque! |
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| This is what makes it worth it--encouraged kids! |
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| The natural salt lick. |
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| Cute, but we had to really guard the tent from these little opportunists. Velvet monkey. |
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| Boat tour of animals! |
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| African eagle. |
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| We got a little too close, but thankfully, still this was on zoom! Awesome!!! |
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| Cape Buffalo--these guys look ancient! |
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| Black bellied bustard |
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| Swamp rescue! |
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| Topi |
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| Moon over Lake Mburo |
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| Looks like a Burchell's starling from the book? |
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| Long crested eagle! |
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| Crested Crane! National bird |
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| Ankole cattle--they live on the reserve with the Banyankore tribe |
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| Matoke or green bananas is a great industry in Ugandan, even some export! |
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| Home again with blank swamp goo still on the car! Thank you, Lord for an adventure. |
