Friday, June 3 – it was such a gorgeous day here, it was mild to warm with a bit of humidity and a gentle breeze wafting its way across the flat lands of Buliisa. We, that is Shirley, Marita and myself, made a decision to go to the Nile Safari Lodge for the day, for lunch and a swim. We would much prefer to swim in the Nile but with the odd crocodile or two, (actually there a hundreds of those huge predatory beasts lurking anywhere on or beside or in close proximity to any swimmable part of that river) always in search of a tasty free meal we had no choice other than to select the NSL pool. It also did not escape our notice that there were NO OTHER pools available for at least 100 kilometres in any direction we would care to go in, so given our vast range of options we chose this the closest one.
Lunch was fabulous, the views looking up and down the Albert Nile were fantastic, the service of the NSL staff was first class.
After lunch we retired back to the pool for more enjoyment there only to be joined by heaps of Vervet Monkeys. I went and sat in the midst of them with my camera, there were about 30 in all, and they were not frightened at the close attention or the sounds of the camera. They sauntered past me as I sat on the grass photographing them as they chose, chased each other about, climbed in and out of the trees, in short, they just did the things monkeys do….monkeyed about. How strange!
Butterflies were everywhere! The amounts and the different types with all their different colours and shading was pretty spectacular. Also had the pleasure of photographing a chameleon crossing the road on the way to the Lodge.
We had the pleasure of being joined at the poolside by the owner of Red Chilli Hideaway, the largest backpacking caterer in Uganda, www.redchillihideaway.com – it made for a lovely afternoon.
I cannot wait to return again to this most beautiful and delightful peice of Uganda.
