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Easter Holidays – Day 34
Yesterday most people decided to leave camp for the four-day public holiday to go and see their families during Easter. It’s a big holiday here and people stop work on Thursday afternoon and make long journeys back to the villages. I was going to be the only student left behind as the other Westerners went […]
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Sweet Spot – Day 33
April 8, 2012
I’ve finally sussed where the best spot in camp is to get a signal for the internet. I’m at a slight disadvantage to the other students because my laptop battery has died and I need to be plugged into the mains. However with the help of an extension lead if I pull the wire as […]
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What should you do if you see a lion? – Day 32
April 4, 2012
This is a question that was troubling me before I left the UK. I had heard stories that in the past the Budongo Forest Reserve had lions. I for one like to plan for the unexpected – failing to plan is like planning to fail – and let’s face it, if you were eyeball to […]
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Palm Sunday – Day 29
April 4, 2012
I am not a religious person. I was brought up as a Hindu but I do not practise. I love wine too much and a rare steak now and again. Beef is a big no-no as a Hindu because the cow is considered to be sacred, so that’s me going straight to hell. Since I […]
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Panic Over – Day 27
April 1, 2012
“In the areas you’re working, there is only millenii,” said Dr Fred Babweterra filling the kettle. It was music to my ears and the elation and relief swept across my face leaving me beaming at Dr Fred. “Africana is much smaller, it doesn’t grow more than 5m high and the trunk is not as thick. […]
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Panic attack – Day 26
April 1, 2012
Just when you think your research is going to plan, you realise you’ve got so much more to do and you question whether you’ve been complacent. Today I had a panic attack. Isaac came to see me in “my office”. It’s the room adjacent to my bedroom where everyone in House 4 can plug-in mobiles […]
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Flies – Day 25
April 1, 2012
In the last few days I seem to have gotten more bites. Some are on the nape of my neck, I have one on my big toe, there’s another in-between my knuckles on my right hand, one under my armpit and most irritatingly a bite below my temple just where my ear starts. At first […]
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Row row row your boat – Day 24
April 1, 2012
Up until now I have had no evidence other than hearsay (albeit reliable hearsay) that Cordia was being logged to fuel the boat/canoe building trade. Today I came across more pit sawing sites in N5 and in one of them we found an oar. It must have been about 15 foot in length. These […]
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