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Uganda Summer 07

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kmck:
Well six weeks of mapping, just make sure you like the person you are out with and they have a car. My flatmate had to cycle about 8 miles from where they were staying to get to the start of his area to map.

Dave B:
ritchie, if your looking for play Uganda would prob be better, nile special, and ugly sisters waves are awesome, a bit of river running but not irish or alpes style, the Zam would be better for river running but not as good for play,its also more expensive... and hands out much bigger beatings!!! but if your in no rush back to college I'm considering uganda in august and the zam in september

Ritchie:
well dave man i guess i'll be seeing you in uganda in august!! not certain about zambezi. gimme a shout when you're ready to booking

bexifurr:
Jambo mzungus,

Nile is better for play, and the Zam is river runnign mecca - from what I hear from people who've done both.

I'm now planning to come to Uganda for a few weeks in the summer and head to the Zam for two or three weeks in August.

Zam is more expensive apparently, as Davey said.

I'm thinking about coming back here for maybe six weeks or so.

Nile Special is big and bouncy - hard to get on to at first but you get the hang of the rope, Ugly sisters is a reall nice wave with two big pourovers behind it (!), Superhole is a good place to learn and Club wave rocks in the mornings and then gets a bit spanky coming up to lunch time. Theres also tons opf places to stop and play on the commercially rafted sections of the river, especailly Day two - the hole at the bottom of Vengeance, the rapid after Kalagala Falls, is preetty hectic and uberfun!

Rob was asking for all the Irish crew from the summer. Nicolas is away in Kenya, probly doin a drug smuggling run, but I was told he's visiting his family. So he has some fella called Davis working there now, and the portions are massive! Yum Yum!

And we had a sneaky russian teach us a great card game last night!

Gotts split cos the couters are a bit sloooooooow here ya know?

Donnie:
The Nile or the Zambezi - ah to have such choices as a student  :)

The Nile has a lot more to offer in terms of variety but the rapids on the Zambezi are better from a river running perspective (longer more technical lines and worse thrashings). The nature of the two rivers is different, the nile has a habit of splitting into several different rapids seperated by islands whereas the Zambezi doesn't hence the larger amount of variety on the Nile.

However, rivers aside, I think Uganda is by far the friendlier place and the facilities and people there make going there a lot easier than to Zambia (although it has been a long time since I was there).

On the other hand, if you've already been to Uganda and want more adventure (not necessarily on the river) go to Zambia, if for no other reason than simply the sight of Victoria Falls (although Murchison Falls is a close second).

Enjoy!

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