{"id":1401,"date":"2014-07-21T20:44:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T20:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2014-10-24T07:49:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T07:49:33","slug":"face-of-africa-with-joe-angelo-on-sparky-days-5-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/2014\/07\/face-of-africa-with-joe-angelo-on-sparky-days-5-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Face of Africa with Joe & Angelo on Sparky Days 5-10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Face of Africa with Joe & Angelo on Sparky Days 5-10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Road from Kisoro<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Days 5 and 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

We treat ourselves this morning with a special breakfast of sausages, bacon, baked beans, eggs, toast and a mixed\u00a0fruit salad.<\/p>\n

We are sad\u00a0to say goody\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0people\u00a0here\u00a0at Rafiki\u00a0in Kisoro – we\u00a0were well\u00a0looked after for three good\u00a0days\u00a0here.<\/p>\n

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Local kids with our group in Uganda<\/p><\/div>\n

At\u00a0 8 am\u00a0 we\u00a0 are\u00a0 ready\u00a0 to hit the\u00a0 road overland\u00a0<\/a> today\u00a0 we only\u00a0 have\u00a0 about \u00a080 km to Kabale\u00a0 town\u00a0 so\u00a0 it\u2019s an\u00a0easy\u00a0 day, and from there on to the beautiful campsite at Lake Bunyoni<\/p>\n

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View near Lake Bunyoni<\/p><\/div>\n

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The campsite at Lake Bunyoni<\/p><\/div>\n

Day 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Joe and Angelo, tour leader and driver, Absolute Africa<\/p><\/div>\n

We arrive today to 0 latitude!!<\/p>\n

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The Equator, Uganda<\/p><\/div>\n

Did you know?<\/p>\n

At the Equator you are geographically\u00a0\u00a06,025 miles from the North and South Poles, \u00a03,800 ft above sea level and at 0 degrees latitude?<\/p>\n

And that you are also \u00a03% lighter\u00a0 here\u00a0 and enjoy centrifuged air from both the North and South Poles.<\/p>\n

And on\u00a021st<\/sup> March\u00a0and 23rd September these are Equatorial Equinoxes And that the\u00a0sun rises and sets\u00a0directly\u00a0 above the Equator line meaning\u00a0 you cannot see your own\u00a0 shadow,<\/p>\n

And lastly also at\u00a0this point water drops straight down and not clockwise or anticlockwise as is the case towards the South\u00a0 & North Poles \u00a0respectively!<\/p>\n

Days 8 – 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Absolute\u00a0 Team Jinja!<\/p>\n

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Local kids from the truck mirror<\/p><\/div>\n

We settle into Jinja by the shores of the Nile with all the different activities available.From white water rafting to\u00a0quad biking\u00a0to helping out in the local schools there is a lot of exciting excursions to do here.<\/p>\n

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Absolute Kenyan running team!<\/p><\/div>\n

But there was this\u00a0question\u00a0 that had been\u00a0hanging\u00a0since\u00a0 the\u00a0 trip started\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u00a0 how\u00a0 good\u00a0 are\u00a0 the\u00a0 Kenyan runners\u00a0?<\/p>\n

I \u00a0decided\u00a0 to\u00a0 give\u00a0 it \u00a0ago yesterday\u00a0 morning – To represent my country\u00a0and\u00a0to be\u00a0 honest\u00a0 it\u00a0 was\u00a0 not as tough as I had expected.\u00a0Running\u00a0with a Kenyan was\u00a0 Juels\u00a0 and Angelo, our driver.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0found\u00a0 this\u00a0\u00a0 dirt track which was\u00a0highly\u00a0 recommended\u00a0 for those\u00a0 who like jogging as there was\u00a0 no traffic at all. Some\u00a0kids\u00a0joined\u00a0us on the\u00a0 way, women and men waving\u00a0from their\u00a0 homes others\u00a0 from their\u00a0 gardens. It\u00a0was\u00a0 good\u00a0 value\u00a0and\u00a0 Team\u00a0 Absolute\u00a0has\u00a0agreed\u00a0to\u00a0go for a run every morning \u00a0now\u00a0whenever\u00a0\u00a0that can be \u00a0possible.<\/p>\n

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Absolute Team Jinja!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Face of Africa with Joe & Angelo on Sparky Days 5-10 Days 5 and 6 We treat ourselves this morning with a special breakfast of sausages, bacon, baked beans, eggs, toast and a mixed\u00a0fruit salad. We are sad\u00a0to say goody\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0people\u00a0here\u00a0at … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[640],"tags":[40,641,79,642],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h-8th-july-2014-face-of-africa-with-joe-angelo-on-sparky","tag-absolute-africa","tag-africa-overland","tag-african-adventure","tag-overland-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1473,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions\/1473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}