Hosting Family
We recently spent a wonderful 8 days with Sally Jo’s brother and son here in Uganda. We visited many sites, relaxed, played lots of Canasta, found our way through traffic and crowded streets, and generally had a good time. Included in this blog are representative photos of the various places we went. Most of the sites need a blog entry themselves.
We visited the two oldest cathedrals in Kampala – Church of Uganda (Anglican) and Catholic and also two Hindu Temples. We saw some of the Buganda royal tombs and visited Namugongo Martyrs’ Shrine that honors Catholic and Anglican martyrs killed by the Baganda king in the late 1800’s. In Kampala we also made our way through a very small part of one of the largest open-air markets in East Africa. We visited two MCC projects in the city – Mengo Hospital Aids Clinic and Hope Prison Foundation. And of course, we did some craft shopping. Fried grasshoppers are a specialty and S thought he would try them. We all tasted them. They are sort of like popcorn!
Probably the highlight of the week was a three day safari to Murchison Falls. We saw all the major animals and many birds—and of course, the beautiful falls themselves. The Nile River crashes over the Murchison Falls and creates fantastic scenes both from the top of the falls and from the River below.
Stay tuned for later blogs with more detail—Namugongo, religious institutions, historical spots, and of course, much more of Murchison Falls Park.
