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Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Tuesday 15th December - Stranded!

The day started serenely. We were at Silverback Lodge, in mountain forests – a beautiful setting. Some photo's....





After we had enjoyed our two hours of electricity and hot water we headed off towards Fort Portal. I can’t really describe the roads in Western Uganda. They’re not roads; they’re just dirt tracks, heavily eroded by rain. So we had 6 to 8 hours driving ahead of us. By lunchtime we had arrived at the only river crossing, to find this..........







The first truck came along and the eroded bridge collapsed at the side, sending the truck into the stream. Then the second truck came along. He decided he would be OK. But then he turned over and landed on top of the first truck. Carnage! But more practically it meant that we were stranded and couldn’t cross the river! This sent us on a detour of approximately four hours. So, all in all, not the most productive day! I think we spent around 12 hours in the car on some very bumpy roads!

But there are always cheerful people to wave you on your way.....

1 comment:

  1. My word! At least you didn't follow the first lorry into the drink! I hope your backside has recovered from the long journey; Katy and I did a 10-odd hour drive along very similar roads in Cambodia. It was great scenery, but gruelling.
    Hope tomorrow is more productive!

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