| We left Uganda,
re-entered Kenya, and waved goodbye to our fisherman, Alex. From him we learned
more about Ugandan life than fishing. Like Alex most people are subsistence farmers.
They grow beans, potatoes, maize, and their harvest must last until the next season.
The people take odd jobs for extra money. Two acres of land can support up to
six people. Alex has two wives and eleven children. We paid him eight dollars
for four fishing trips and he used this money to buy flour and pineapples to sell
in a roadside hut. Alex has entrepreneurial spirit. Yet his survival rests with
his farm. If his crop fails he will starve or depend on remittances from relatives
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| Gorillas: the best thing to see in Uganda. |
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| Pineapple and banana
bike expresses are another Ugandan highlight. |
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| Rich farmland. |
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| Goodbye Uganda, a place with mountain
gorillas, lakeside villas, shoebill storks, dirt road forks, Ankole cattle, lose
a paddle on a whitewater course, the Nile's source. |
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