Looking Into the Breach

Lake Levels - Friday, October 26, 2007

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

Lake Levels - Monday, October 22, 2007

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Lake Levels - Friday, October 19, 2007

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Lake levels - Friday

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Sipi Falls

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

Three of Mze's sons

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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.

A being magically unfolded from the shadows of the house....

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Sitting outside her house, the Old Mother and Ron reunited.

The sky was blue[, incredibly azure and studded with large, friendly clouds], the dirt road was orange, and the fields were solid green....

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In Bulangira, we went bicycling to Goli-goli clinic on Saturday. That bike had a bell that rang every time you went over a significant bump in the road (which is often). No padding on that seat, either.