Road Trip

Last week, Henry and I travelled up to Lira, which is located in Northern Uganda. It was wonderful to see where Henry grew up and to meet and get to know some of his family.

Here is a picture journey of our trip:

We took one route to get to Lira through the eastern part of Uganda (which was about 450 km) and then took another route back home (about 420 km). It was great to see so much more of this beautiful country. This is a picture of our route that Henry drew.

Along the way up, I got to see some interesting wildlife. There were monkeys that came right up to our car when we stopped because they thought we were going to feed them.

We also saw so many of these cows that have the largest horns I have ever seen.

A common site along the drive were women carrying large baskets of items on their heads along the side of the road.

Along the way up to Lira, we stopped in Mbale and I was able to meet Henry's aunt Helen who is a primary school teacher.

Once in Lira, we travelled about 30 km to a smaller town called Aduku which is where Henry grew up. I got to spend some time and meet with a few of his aunts and uncles on his mom's side of the family. In the pictures below are his uncles David and Samuel and his aunt Sarah.

One thing that I found very interesting was that in Lira there are less motorbikes as boda-bodas and instead regular bicycles. The bicycles are modified so there is a padded seat on the back for passengers. Everywhere you looked you saw these bicycle boda-bodas.

On our drive back we got to see Karuma Falls.

To end this blog post, here is a picture of my wonderful driver from the trip :)