It's a small world, after all

Today, I inadvertently learned how to delete all the photos on my camera.... Also today, my Uganda hosts (Moses and Peter) took me about a 45-minute drive east of Kampala, to the town of Jinja (pronounced "Ginger"), and the source of the River Nile, where it emerges from Lake Victoria (although apparently under some argument, as the lake is fed by some other rivers). The switch from Victoria to Nile is shown in the picture at right: between the island on the right and the left-hand shore. Other pictures (all taken after the deletion, which luckily happened while at the source park):

Sign at the park, mentioning the history of the discovery of its connection the Nile.






[left]: Cross-river from the sign's location. On the hillside to left of the palm tree in center frame is a tall obelisk-like marker where Speke stood and proclaimed Lake Victoria the source.

[right]: A former bridge across the Nile, near the source, from before the nearby dam was built. The remains of the bridge now only span about half the river.






A view down the Nile...

(and yes, part of today's trip included touching the waters... so I've now been in de-Nile the Nile).




As for today's title, it has more to do with the last class day yesterday. Two of the participant coaches walked in wearing "Texas Swimming" shirts... (apparently, one of their swimmers recently attended Longhorn Swim Camp in Austin).

I'm now back in Kampala, and leave Uganda tomorrow... so I will leave you with the composite panorama of Kampala I took earlier this week and patched together. hasta


It's a small world, after all
It's a small, small, world...