Uganda Roundabout Traffic

So this 2 minute video is cut up into 5 segments

so that it'd upload easier. Notice the way everyone

 pushes their way into the roundabout. Crazy traffic

actually made the trip kind of fun.

The bodo-bodo's (motorcycle taxis) are abundant 

and some street vendors can be seen towards

the end of video.

 

 

Uganda videos

Took a bunch of videos while in Uganda

of super random things.

This is a video of a guy transporting melons

or something on his motorcycle. Pretty impressive.

 

These are what our driver called trash birds.

Way off in distance and hard to see

so I included a close-up pic from google below.

They are huge and kind of scary looking.

 

 

Above video are a bunch of farmer market stands

w/fruits/veggies on side of road in rural areas.

Video above is markets in more of a city area with lots

of bodo-bodos (motorcycle taxis) and van taxis,

try to notice how packed the van taxi's are.

They have a total of 5 bench seats which seat 3 people each.

That's as many as our van seats, which is considerably longer.

Termite Mound.

Lady carrying stuff  on her head. Saw many ladies

and children carrying things this way. Did a slo-mo on this

so that you can see what's on her head better.

Uganda Trip

Went to Uganda to perform a Food and Water Vulnerability Assessment for a couple of camps that were hosting a Marine Exercise. Uganda was beautiful with lots of agricultural fields growing pineapple, sugarcane, plantains, maize (corn) and rice along with many other fruits/vegetables that we know but also a few fruits that I didn't know...didn't get a picture though.

They were masters of transporting big loads on whatever vehicle they had access to.

Not sure what this guy on the bicycle was transporting but pretty impressive.

 

 Cows and people.

 This guy had lots of stuff up there.

 Quite the load for a motor bike.

 Plantains about to be used for one of the Marine meals...they were storing them on a tree next to the kitchen. They eat them green and apparently before they get sweet...if they are sweet then they don't eat them.

 Took a pic of a random cow on the side of the road. Later googled it and apparently these cows are a breed called Ankole "the cattle of kings"...not sure why but apparently they're beef is super low in cholesterol and very tender. Yum.

 My late night trip to the Emergency Room (My hotel bathtub was out to get me)
where this nice doctor stitched up my head in a couple of places (chin & behind ear).
Just to give you an idea of how inexpensive things were, my ER visit was $53...
U.S. would be in the hundreds to thousands depending on area.

 This Termite mound was one of many all over the side of the road in one of the areas we traveled.

Me standing by some plaque at the start of river Nile which is behind me. Leading down to the river were many shops of people selling tourist trinkets. Reminded me of Tijuana but way cheaper. Lots of people thought that my partner and I were Special Forces. Pretty sure it was due in part that he was very muscle bound and I had bandages all over my head. 

Just a different kind of "special" forces I suppose.

 

 Walking along the Nile river to a restaurant for lunch beyond this old boat.

 Fun location/distance sign.

 Funny bottle tree behind the outdoor restaurant we ate at.

 Funny signs above the men/women bathroom.

Can't really argue with that.

MMMMM...Lunch. Nile Perch. Our African driver literally ate the entire thing down to the bones which were very clean once he finished.  I had buffalo wings.