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Jan 2026 Western Kenya

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  Northwestern Kenya is beautiful. We crossed the border from Uganda at Busia where Boaz's brother and a friend picked us up. After another couple of hours in a car (we'd already driven 2 1/2 hours to the border from Jinja) to Boaz's mom's house, we met most of his siblings and their families, and shared a couple memorable meals. Boaz's mom is in the blue dress. Two sisters are on either side of mom and his brother is next to Chris. The next day, we hiked up this valley to visit his grandmother. To the right of the stream is Kenya. To the left is Uganda. There are no border or customs enforcement agents here. The hike was steep. And many children were interested in following us. In fact, many of them go to school where we started our hike. They go down and back up this trail 5 or 6 days a week! The view behind us as we climbed up. Some of our escorts! The neighborhood swimming hole! Crossing into Uganda without our passports! The stream was underground at this point...
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Jan 2026 Uganda

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  Driving from northwestern Rwanda to western Uganda, we noticed a change in the strategy for farming on hills. Rwandans  preferred to construct terraces, like broad steps climbing up a hillside. A patchwork quilt of farm plots and crops blanketed the Ugandan hills. Ugandan farmers appear to prefer working on slopes. Water and red earth clay make great bricks for building homes. This is true in many of the African countries we've traveled through. Madagascar had a huge brick making area just outside the capitol. Along roads well-traveled by tourists, children appear, hoping for handouts. Boaz made some new friends at this stop. Notice the lake in the background. Our first view of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park was taken from a small hotel perched at the top of a hill. The view was stunning but, due to a miscommunication, they didn't have rooms for us. We were disappointed.  There were at least 50 steps up to the hotel from the parking lot! Our first Ugandan ...
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