And another
week has gone by really fast – only 2 days left here in Uganda...
And the sunny,
hot Ugandan weather is finally back after 2 weeks of lots of rain and
muddy roads. Managed to get to Superhole for some paddling (together
with Jessie last week in a borrowed kayak) and again yesterday. It
was really good fun and I worked on my hole moves as on the wave
moves – Superhole is just perfect for that!
Due to the
heavy rains and crazy muddy roads the clinic was really quiet last
week. But it´s back to normal now. And due to the Christmas holidays
coming up more and more incredible cases come up every day. People
who have been avoiding clinics and relying on local witch doctors now
realize that they have to visit a clinic now before the clinic closes
over Christmas! And it´s going to be worse for the next 2 days!
Here are some random shots from last week:
The kids at Superhole - always crazy for a picture ;-)
So I had
a really good time here in the last 2 months – huge experience from
the clinic, making lots of new friends while working there – thank
you very much for the lovely time and the warm welcome and all the
support! And then there was the kayaking, of course: The mighty Nile,
as good as it gets, but threatened by 2 dam projects! One will be
just a few kilometers downstream of the Hairy Lemon Island and – if
built as intended will only leave 2 rapids for commercial rafting or
kayaking on the river. The infamous waves at the Nile Special rapid
will be gone too! And the other dam at the Murchison Falls section
(Karuma Falls) will destroy another beautiful landscape in Uganda –
both of them threatening the Number 1 income generating business
here: Adventure Tourism! And expecting the generated electricity to
stay in Uganda and help the local businesse grow and prosper is
futile – as the Silverback-dam has shown: Electric power is still
unreliable and blackouts often last 24 hours or more. And instead of
supplying their own country with electricity it is sold to Kenya,
Rwanda and Sudan!
For more
information go here:
So we all hope
that there is a chance the government will build a smaller dam so the
stretch of whitewater that is here at the moment will be there for
future generations of kayakers to explore!
So I´m leaving
Uganda on Saturday to go back to rain, snow and freezing weather –
and hopefully some snowboarding!
And I´ll
definitely be back as soon as possible....
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