Lake Levels - Friday, October 26, 2007

It started raining on Thursday and continued until Saturday. This is from the Friday in between.

Lake Levels - Monday, October 22, 2007

Lake Levels - Friday, October 19, 2007

Lake levels - Friday

You can (hopefully) see the drop over the last 5 days -- just look at the line of oyster shells. Compare.

Lake levels - Monday, 8 Oct. 2007

I've been moving the column on the right down to the water line each Friday for the last three weeks.

A typical street in Mbale

One of the streets of Mbale, a town in the southeast at the base of Mt. Elgon. It's only a few miles from the Kenyan border.

North of Sipi Mt. Elgon flattens down rapidly to the great plains of ... Karamoja

The highland valley that Sipi spills into. Beyond the cliffs, you can see the plains of Karamoja, a territory of lawlessness and cattle raiding. *Sexy, exciting, dangerous!*



A road in Pallisa district.

It's a wild place, Uganda's eastern frontier

Looking out from the highlands around Mt. Elgon, north to Karamoja.

Sipi Falls

The largest of the falls.
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Standing in front of the falls.

Three of Mze's sons

Our hosts in the village.

Mze literally means "Sir;" it's an honorific attributed to his status as the oldest living male born into the clan. He looks frail, standing in the doorway with his canes, but he's as strong as an ox.