We got off our bus from the raft trip and all seemed well with me despite the quantities of the refreshing waters of the Nile in my system. We met Bubby and we all went into a Matatoo bus to our hotel in Entebbe. Bubby was off early in the morning and we were not off until the next day. We used the time to go to the Botanical Gardens, the Zoo and an island refuge for Chimpanzees... and now we had to deal with some digestive difficulties for those of us that might have some traces of the refreshing waters of the Nile in their system.
The Botanical Garden was very peaceful. Great big trees, wide open grass and the shores of Lake Victoria. We even saw monkeys at very close range. It was all very beautiful for the others. Although the effects of my plunges into the Nile, were now upon me, I was happy because they had toilets spaced not too terribly far apart... but there was some room for improvement in that regard in my personal and unbiased opinion.
That afternoon we went to a the zoo... and well, we saw animals there. Good zoo... lots of open space for roaming for the animals ...and the toilets were the proper kind and always nearby. A good time was had by all.
The next day we hopped aboard a boat that did not have any toilets but this was okay because the Nile had run its course. We took a 45 minute trip out to a remote island in Lake Victoria and watched the feeding of a ... a... pod(?) of chimpanzees. All of these chimps had been rescued from some sort of abusive situation.
It was fascinating to watch the politics of the er... group unfold. The girls in heat are the territory of the lone alpha male but the subject of much interest from the other males. This lead to a great deal of conflict and resolution and was most entertaining. Only the alpha male gets to do the wild thing with any of the “Chimpettes”. Needless to say, there is great incentive to aspire to be the alpha male in a tribe(?) of chimpanzees. There have been three overthrows of the alpha males in the past 4 months...
We came back at mid day, packed, spent the last of our shillings and we went to the airport and lifted off as darkness fell on the land. We looked down on all the orange specks of light from the open fires that we could see below and knew we were saying good bye to Africa.
The Botanical Garden was very peaceful. Great big trees, wide open grass and the shores of Lake Victoria. We even saw monkeys at very close range. It was all very beautiful for the others. Although the effects of my plunges into the Nile, were now upon me, I was happy because they had toilets spaced not too terribly far apart... but there was some room for improvement in that regard in my personal and unbiased opinion.
That afternoon we went to a the zoo... and well, we saw animals there. Good zoo... lots of open space for roaming for the animals ...and the toilets were the proper kind and always nearby. A good time was had by all.
The next day we hopped aboard a boat that did not have any toilets but this was okay because the Nile had run its course. We took a 45 minute trip out to a remote island in Lake Victoria and watched the feeding of a ... a... pod(?) of chimpanzees. All of these chimps had been rescued from some sort of abusive situation.
It was fascinating to watch the politics of the er... group unfold. The girls in heat are the territory of the lone alpha male but the subject of much interest from the other males. This lead to a great deal of conflict and resolution and was most entertaining. Only the alpha male gets to do the wild thing with any of the “Chimpettes”. Needless to say, there is great incentive to aspire to be the alpha male in a tribe(?) of chimpanzees. There have been three overthrows of the alpha males in the past 4 months...
We came back at mid day, packed, spent the last of our shillings and we went to the airport and lifted off as darkness fell on the land. We looked down on all the orange specks of light from the open fires that we could see below and knew we were saying good bye to Africa.
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