Murchison Falls National Park

ts 40 degrees celsius here, i dont know what that converts to, but its HOT! anyway, just got back from murchison falls national park, where the nile is at the narrowest point and shoots forcefully through this great waterfall. the victoria nile empties into lake albert (can see the congo on the other side) and then continues into the albert nile. We took a boat trip up to the falls, and saw hundreds of hippos, huge crocs, several bird species (though im not much of a birder, so all i can remember is the kingfisher, honeyeater, and fish eagle), and two elephants!! later that day we went on a game drive through the park and saw more elephants, some giraffe, bushbucks, water buffaloes, uganda kob, some other antelope-like creatures with different names, and the finale was watching a lioness stalk her warthog prey (but no catch). this morning driving out of the park we saw some cubs, but mama must have been hunting again.

in other news, im heading back to busingiro, but only for a few days before moving on to kasokwa, my intended destination for chimp research. there were problems with scheduling and training, etc, but by the end of the week i should be in kasokwa. i am looking forward to being trained to identify the individuals there, as sightings are few and far between in busingiro, despite the AMAZING hunt we saw last week.