{"id":509,"date":"2022-05-18T22:06:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T20:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/?p=509"},"modified":"2023-02-18T19:34:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T18:34:11","slug":"my-new-pearl-in-africa-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/2022\/05\/18\/my-new-pearl-in-africa-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"My new pearl in Africa &#8211; Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My last international pre-Corona trip was in November 2019 and I felt free again when we took off to our journey in <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uganda\">Uganda<\/a>, at the end of January 2022. \u201cBut the forests of Uganda, for magnificence, for variety of form and colour, for profusion of brilliant life\u2014plant, bird, insect, reptile, beast\u2014for the vast scale and awful fecundity of the natural processes that are beheld at work, eclipsed, and indeed effaced, all previous impressions.\u201d Therefore Winston Churchill concludes with \u201cUganda is the pearl.\u201d in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/43035\/43035-h\/43035-h.htm\"> My African Journey<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2n8aA9g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51933271007_6c99bcfee5_z.jpg\" alt=\"2022-02-05_16-09-24__DSC9723\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Lonely elephant enjoying the Lake Edward water in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queenelizabethparkuganda.com\/information\/map-queen-elizabeth-national-park\/\">Queen Elizabeth National Park,<\/a> Uganda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2n3MF4A\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51883729108_e8e12bcdfe_z.jpg\" alt=\"2022-02-04_17-21-12__DSC8723.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Scenic view close to Kasese, Uganda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2n6t7Dq\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51914057530_d728743cdf_z.jpg\" alt=\"2022-02-05_15-50-43__DSC9581.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption><br>Hippos everywhere &#8211; \u201csinging Safari songs\u201d all night long&nbsp; <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nmrjYu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52083456220_99d5069705_z.jpg\" alt=\"2022-02-03_07-41-29__DSC8278\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption><br>Nature\u2019s early morning greetings &#8211; beautiful <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hibiscus\">hibiscus<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>But what impressed me most was the energy, positive spirit, singing, and dancing of the young Uganda generation besides the difficult situation people in Uganda face.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-59935605\"> After almost 2 years of Covid closure<\/a> of all schools, students were back in the classrooms and commuting on the road everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nmiE5t\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52081959587_cb5dfbff62_z.jpg\" alt=\"2022-02-04_14-10-43__DSC8641\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Energetic students at Holy Dove school &amp; Leo \ud83d\ude09 in the district Kasese, Uganda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome by San Martino Students in Kyebando, Uganda\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uXVJBQESeC4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Singing &amp; dancing students at San Martino school in Kyebando, Uganda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2n1Z4K3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51863318644_a6c832fc3e_c.jpg\" alt=\"2022-02-04_15-05-14__DSC8678.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>&#8222;Father Modest&#8220; blessings for more trees in Uganda <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We met an &#8222;innovative&#8220; tree-planting-initiative (TPI) in Kasese:&nbsp; Rev. Fr.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.ug\/priest-orders-families-to-plant-bananas-as-precondition-for-baptism\/\"> Modest Masereka Kasenyankwe baptizes children<\/a> only if their parents have planted 20 banana plants on their fertile land, blessed with lots of sun and regular rain because families were struggling in the COVID-19 lockdown securing enough food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marketplaces and mini-shops are everywhere. Both in Kampala, the cities, the smallest villages and along the country roads, and you find everything for living: fresh fruits, street food, life stock, etc. I enjoyed the vivid and colorful shopping experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2n1cs3H\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51854418525_d804b0f3b3_c.jpg\" alt=\"2022-01-30_11-26-10__DSC7481.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2n194Qt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51853758471_2523086039_z.jpg\" alt=\"2022-01-30_11-16-35__DSC7469.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2n1saWz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51857291025_18df20820f_c.jpg\" alt=\"2022-01-30_11-36-04__DSC7500.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nmp6mp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52083020171_6fd24b1e0f_z.jpg\" alt=\"2022-02-06_16-57-02__DSC0056\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nmqipi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52083255819_4200326323_z.jpg\" alt=\"2022-02-01_11-27-09__DSC7946\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nmqi7z\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52083254849_e38073697a_z.jpg\" alt=\"2022-02-06_17-02-31__DSC0060\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From Africa to Asia: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/2022\/06\/01\/the-improbable-nation-indonesia\/\">the next blog post is about Indonesia.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My last international pre-Corona trip was in November 2019 and I felt free again when we took off to our journey in Uganda, at the end of January 2022. \u201cBut the forests of Uganda, for magnificence, for variety of form and colour, for profusion of brilliant life\u2014plant, bird, insect, reptile, beast\u2014for the vast scale and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/2022\/05\/18\/my-new-pearl-in-africa-uganda\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My new pearl in Africa &#8211; Uganda<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sabbatical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}