Uganda Chapter Ten: Lions, Elephants, Birds...and This was the LAME Day!

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This entry is mostly pictures since, well, this was the lamest day of the trip. By lamest, I mean we still saw a pride of lion, a family of elephant, a ton of birds, at good foot and saw hippos mating (though, unfortunately, no pictures of that). But you know how every trip has a day where you're just like, "This is less spectacular than what we've been seeing? That was this day.

We start the day ... wait for it ... early with a game drive. The sunrise over the lake, by the way, is amazing and a true gift.



The game, however, seems to be not in the mood to entertain. We do more driving than spotting, and though I love driving in the game truck, we're reaching the part of the trip where all the bumps are starting to get to me. We do, however, find an entire pride of lion (lions?) and watch them for a solid 20 minutes.



And then we see a family of elephant (elephants?) WITH a baby, and that is awesome (in the C-Woo and Pookie definition of the word) as well.



Then we have lunch. My best story of the day is about food, which tells you about the day. At Semiliki, we'd been told that Mwea had the best pizza in Uganda. That of course was followed up by my saying, "But why would I eat pizza in Uganda?" Then we get to Mwea.

Let me tell you what I'm at my limit on by the time we get to Mwea: bananas, passionfruit and pineapple. I want pizza. I order pizza.

Did you know that in Uganda there are over a dozen different varieties of banana and everybody there can name them all and tell you the differences?

Did you know that banana goes on pizza in Uganda?

Did you know that banana and asparagus on top of a pizza is the most delicious thing ever created? Especially when had with a delightful beer.



And then in the afternoon we went on a boat ride where Lisa fell asleep because we really needed a recovery day and I saw hippos mating.



And also, Mwea had two warthogs:



A stork:



And lost of black headed weaver birds who scavenged your food even while you were eating it.



The good news? The next three entries are the BEST DAYS OF THE TRIP, where we ...

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