After getting a 7 hour bus ride from Kampala, we arrived in Mbale where Mount Elgon lies.
It took us 3 long and hard days to reach the 4321 metre peak, but all of us finished and we were the fastest World Challenge Team to do it. We finished at Crows Nest Campsite which looks out onto Sipi Falls and after a day of well earned rest we made our 6 hour bus journey to Kayunga to meet up with Team 2 and the Project.
We just finished our 4th day on the Project and its going amazingly well, the kids and teachers are great and we get served food twice a day in the school and the weathers very good.
We have 3 more days left on the Project and then were off to Jinja for white water rafting and staying at Hairy Lemon a Island on the river Nile.
This should be our last blog until we get back on the 5th of July.
Welaba Goodbye
Roggg..
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Team 1 Takeover!
Good Evening Loyal Followers. Team 1 Here!
Apologies for the lack of action from our team, weve been busy being superheros around Uganda!
Sigh that is not the case, we simply havent had internet and for the fleeting moments that we did a facebook frenzy erupted which left the blog behind in the dust. But now that were back here in Kampala in the Backpackers hostel well try our best to fill in on all the adventures weve been having!
Our first week was in Kitatya Secondary school in Kayunga! We had an absolutly amazing week there working with the kids! Theres a primary school and a secondary school with us working in the latter. The kids range from 14-19 with us teaching all the classes. We split into groups of English and Science with about 2 peaople teching each class. The kids were incredible and especially liked it when we tried to prounouce their names. The singing of Molly Malone went down a great hit and for the rest of the week we were followed by an echoed chorus of "in dublins fair city, where the girls are so pretty" where it the drowned out into giggles!
The youngers kids in the primary school also came to visit us on a regular basis and the introduction of a camera invoked such crowds your writer lost her boot for 20minutes :D
Also duriong out school week Mr Paul Kilgallon and John Prasifka participated in a Pineapple eating contest! And so, with the music of "the eye of the tiger" in the background bother fearless contestants prepared to eat two whole pineapples each! After a twnty minute battle, Paul emerged victorious as the Pineapple King! John battled on bravely till the end and was crowned Pineapple Queen!
After our week of comfort in a nice comfy hotel we travellled to Kilembe (9 hours in a bus is just the funnest,............) where we met our guide for the buwata trail, his name was Bongoman.....i dare you to find a cooler individual!
We trekked for one day and then camped on a rather small ledge for the night where Luke became too close for comfort with some biting ants! The next morning we awoke to heavy rain which continued all the way home on our 3 hour hike! It was....refreshing?
Next we travlled to Queen Elizabeth National Park to the Ishasha river camp only to discover we didnt have enough water :D So the next morning we packed up and headed to the north side of the park, its a beautiful place, massive green trees and miles of Savannah! We arrived and took a boat trip around the two lakes, we saw crocodiles, buffalo, eagles, elephants, LOADS! It was fantastic! We tghen headed to our new camp where we found out that Hippos and any other animal that fancies the place can wander into, we walked home from the canteen the first night to discover 4 hippos just having a ponder round the campsite! That night the fearless leader Ricky encountered a beast attacking his tent, but fear not! He took swift action by hiding in his sleeping bag till it disapeared!
No your writer jokes, Fearless Ricky managed to kick the tent enough that the intruding creature made a swift exit.
The third day the whole team went on a safari before heading up to the nearby lodge and indulging themselves in a day at the leasuire centre! The pool went down a great hit and dinner an even bigger one with Luke managing to have an eat off with Foley(Luke won with ten courses!)
We then travelled to Lake Ruzungo which was beatiful! We situated our tents right on the edge of a massive lake and that night we ate mashed potato with baked beans to the chorus of hundreds of Frogs! We also visited a cave where Paul managed to both drop and retrieve his sunglasses from a waterfall!
Today we then had an early start to take another 9 hour drive back to Kampala! Were now safe and sound in the hostel and looking forward to Italian for dinner!
Were all having a great time over here and we cant wait to see how well cope on Mount Elgon!
See you all soon!
Team One OUT!
Keano!
Apologies for the lack of action from our team, weve been busy being superheros around Uganda!
Sigh that is not the case, we simply havent had internet and for the fleeting moments that we did a facebook frenzy erupted which left the blog behind in the dust. But now that were back here in Kampala in the Backpackers hostel well try our best to fill in on all the adventures weve been having!
Our first week was in Kitatya Secondary school in Kayunga! We had an absolutly amazing week there working with the kids! Theres a primary school and a secondary school with us working in the latter. The kids range from 14-19 with us teaching all the classes. We split into groups of English and Science with about 2 peaople teching each class. The kids were incredible and especially liked it when we tried to prounouce their names. The singing of Molly Malone went down a great hit and for the rest of the week we were followed by an echoed chorus of "in dublins fair city, where the girls are so pretty" where it the drowned out into giggles!
The youngers kids in the primary school also came to visit us on a regular basis and the introduction of a camera invoked such crowds your writer lost her boot for 20minutes :D
Also duriong out school week Mr Paul Kilgallon and John Prasifka participated in a Pineapple eating contest! And so, with the music of "the eye of the tiger" in the background bother fearless contestants prepared to eat two whole pineapples each! After a twnty minute battle, Paul emerged victorious as the Pineapple King! John battled on bravely till the end and was crowned Pineapple Queen!
After our week of comfort in a nice comfy hotel we travellled to Kilembe (9 hours in a bus is just the funnest,............) where we met our guide for the buwata trail, his name was Bongoman.....i dare you to find a cooler individual!
We trekked for one day and then camped on a rather small ledge for the night where Luke became too close for comfort with some biting ants! The next morning we awoke to heavy rain which continued all the way home on our 3 hour hike! It was....refreshing?
Next we travlled to Queen Elizabeth National Park to the Ishasha river camp only to discover we didnt have enough water :D So the next morning we packed up and headed to the north side of the park, its a beautiful place, massive green trees and miles of Savannah! We arrived and took a boat trip around the two lakes, we saw crocodiles, buffalo, eagles, elephants, LOADS! It was fantastic! We tghen headed to our new camp where we found out that Hippos and any other animal that fancies the place can wander into, we walked home from the canteen the first night to discover 4 hippos just having a ponder round the campsite! That night the fearless leader Ricky encountered a beast attacking his tent, but fear not! He took swift action by hiding in his sleeping bag till it disapeared!
No your writer jokes, Fearless Ricky managed to kick the tent enough that the intruding creature made a swift exit.
The third day the whole team went on a safari before heading up to the nearby lodge and indulging themselves in a day at the leasuire centre! The pool went down a great hit and dinner an even bigger one with Luke managing to have an eat off with Foley(Luke won with ten courses!)
We then travelled to Lake Ruzungo which was beatiful! We situated our tents right on the edge of a massive lake and that night we ate mashed potato with baked beans to the chorus of hundreds of Frogs! We also visited a cave where Paul managed to both drop and retrieve his sunglasses from a waterfall!
Today we then had an early start to take another 9 hour drive back to Kampala! Were now safe and sound in the hostel and looking forward to Italian for dinner!
Were all having a great time over here and we cant wait to see how well cope on Mount Elgon!
See you all soon!
Team One OUT!
Keano!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
News from Kayunga *team2
Dear everybody,
We have arrived safe and sound here in Kayunga five days ago. We have the chance to stay in a hotel, where breakfast and a "buffet" dinner is provided everyday for us. Lunch is provided by teh school.
Talking about the school, each and one of the students are getting 100 per cent involved in the project. We are all fully enjoying this new experience. The warmth of the people here is enormous. The students greet us by dozen everyday, and we are all learning so much.
The St Conleth's students took part in a brick laying session, handcraft lessons *weaving and peal makin*, sports game, dances, singing ...
We are all very busy, but especially healthy and enjoying an experience of a life time.
So parents, family and friends, get no worries, we are all doing great!
Yours,
Julien
We have arrived safe and sound here in Kayunga five days ago. We have the chance to stay in a hotel, where breakfast and a "buffet" dinner is provided everyday for us. Lunch is provided by teh school.
Talking about the school, each and one of the students are getting 100 per cent involved in the project. We are all fully enjoying this new experience. The warmth of the people here is enormous. The students greet us by dozen everyday, and we are all learning so much.
The St Conleth's students took part in a brick laying session, handcraft lessons *weaving and peal makin*, sports game, dances, singing ...
We are all very busy, but especially healthy and enjoying an experience of a life time.
So parents, family and friends, get no worries, we are all doing great!
Yours,
Julien
Monday, June 14, 2010
Team 3, 14 June 10
We arrived back in Backpackers hostel in Kampala today after a 5 hour drive. We completed the acclimitisation trek 3 days ago. It went very well and we had a very good guide by the name of 'Bongoman' to lead us to our campsite near the summit. After the 5 hour trek the owner of the campsite fixed us a hot meal which was well needed after the tiring walk. After dinner we sat around a campfire and enjoyed some live music courtesy of Eoin Noctor and Roger Mannion. The next morning we began our less taxing walk down the mountain. When we got back to our campsite near the base of the mountain we enjoyed a well needed day of rest. That night Bongoman treated us to an exceptional performance with his tradional ugandan dance group with the supporting act 'Cows on a Roundabout' (Roger and Eoin) which the dance group thoroughly enjoyed and even danced and attempted to sing along to the music. The next day we visited 'Queen Elizabeth national park'. That night we went on a boat trip on which we saw hippos, elephants, buffalo, crocodiles and Ms Sheppard, though we saw her before we got on the boat. The next morning we woke at 5.30 to go on an early morning safari. Much to our surprise we were lucky enough to see three tigers basking in the sunlight. That evening we left for Masaka and stayed in a quaint little camping site. Tomorrow morning we leave for the base of 'Mount Elgon' to prepare for our three day trek. Thats all for now, blog will be updated as soon as we get more internet access.
Barry Treacy.
Barry Treacy.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Team 3, 8th June 2010
We are currently in the Bagpackers Hostel. We arrived here on monday at around 1am, after having travelled for almost 2 days, including a 3 hour on flight delay in heathrow a ten hour stopover in nairobi and a 2 hour wait for buses in entebbe. We wer all very tired when we reached the hostel and were so grateful when John offered us free tea and coffee and pancakes and rooms for the night.
Today was our first real day in uganda and we visited the irish embassy and learned about all the work irish aid is doing over here. a few people fell asleep but it actually was very interesting..honestly. we then travelled to the slums and visited a drop in centre run by a man from brighton called joe cummiskey who does a lot for the community and gave us a chance to go in to the community and meet some of the families who are sponsored and helped by the centre.
tomorrow we're heading west for our acclimitisation trek.. its late.. blog soon...gossip girl xoxo
Sophie and Eoin N.. featuring Gav
Today was our first real day in uganda and we visited the irish embassy and learned about all the work irish aid is doing over here. a few people fell asleep but it actually was very interesting..honestly. we then travelled to the slums and visited a drop in centre run by a man from brighton called joe cummiskey who does a lot for the community and gave us a chance to go in to the community and meet some of the families who are sponsored and helped by the centre.
tomorrow we're heading west for our acclimitisation trek.. its late.. blog soon...gossip girl xoxo
Sophie and Eoin N.. featuring Gav
fun fun fun!! with team 2
hi there folks! Jack here! its super fun in Uganda, everyone's have a swell time.
Some bad news though, tim's had a bit of an accident (joke ;) On other matters, was in the airport for about 10 hours. Went to the shops today, they had guns, Yay! Drinking some sparletta ginger beer right now, pretty enjoyable.
So we went to the embassy today, there was an irish person there.
toodles. tim is a loser
hoy, tim here. who is not a loser. I did'nt have an accident i delibratley stepped into the sewer to clean my shoes. Kampala is very big and a little smelly. People are friendly but sometimes point guns at us. There are no traffic lights.. or shops really. but theres lots of markets and motorbikes everywhere. Niall left our tent the funtent open tonight, so tim jack and niall will now be sleeping with tarantulas, bats, snakes, spiders and some small white furry monkeys. Nairobi was great. But we did'nt actually leave the airport. Which wasnt very great. ttylz brah.
hello0 there evan here heading to the falls tomoroz not looking foward to the 6-8 hour bussride to get there tho the locals are very friendly thats all,evan tha ledge
hey Daniel yake, pretty moto juu hapa sisi! kuona popo mijusi, mbuzi na watu weusi. everythings cool! dan mtu
Some bad news though, tim's had a bit of an accident (joke ;) On other matters, was in the airport for about 10 hours. Went to the shops today, they had guns, Yay! Drinking some sparletta ginger beer right now, pretty enjoyable.
So we went to the embassy today, there was an irish person there.
toodles. tim is a loser
hoy, tim here. who is not a loser. I did'nt have an accident i delibratley stepped into the sewer to clean my shoes. Kampala is very big and a little smelly. People are friendly but sometimes point guns at us. There are no traffic lights.. or shops really. but theres lots of markets and motorbikes everywhere. Niall left our tent the funtent open tonight, so tim jack and niall will now be sleeping with tarantulas, bats, snakes, spiders and some small white furry monkeys. Nairobi was great. But we did'nt actually leave the airport. Which wasnt very great. ttylz brah.
hello0 there evan here heading to the falls tomoroz not looking foward to the 6-8 hour bussride to get there tho the locals are very friendly thats all,evan tha ledge
hey Daniel yake, pretty moto juu hapa sisi! kuona popo mijusi, mbuzi na watu weusi. everythings cool! dan mtu
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