Uganda-Country Background Information for Tourists and Travelers

Uganda - Background and Information helpful for Visitors and Tourists to Uganda

Things about Uganda that will give you a better understanding of the country you are going to visit. Visit some of the pages that you will give you insight and background to the Pearl of Africa-Uganda.

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Uganda Country Information:  Some historic background and facts about Uganda.  Great Primer for the visitor to Uganda.  Knowing about Uganda will enhance your trip here to Uganda or just give you information about the Pearl of Africa-Uganda.

Uganda-One Man's Perspective:  The insight of a Westerner of Uganda, its everyday life, the people of Uganda and their joys and struggles.

Why visit Uganda?  Away from mass hysteria of mass tourism, the pearl of Africa with the friendliest people in Africa and an abundance of wildlife in a natural and beautiful setting is awaiting to be discovered by you.

Idi Amin-The little Big Man: His life and death in brief here with some quotes from him and others.  The infamous president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979.  He has certainly left his mark on Uganda and the world.  The Last King of Scotland has helped to keep his image before the word.

The LRA-Joseph Kony-Child Soldiers and Northern Uganda:  Pages on the LRA, the Child Soldiers, the war in Northern Uganda, Alice Lakwena and her influence on the LRA, Joseph Kony Biography, the story of Catherine Ajok who was held captive for 13 years by Kony, the amnesty program, the rebuilding of Northern Uganda since peace has returned.

Uganda-More than Idi Amin:  Uganda is much more than Idi Amin, or for that matter Joseph Kony of the Lord's Resistance Army and Child Soldiers.  Westerners often see Uganda through the headlines, news reports that are often erroneous and out of date.  Here is the real Uganda in 2009 - come and visit the Pearl of Africa.

Africa's Children-Section: The joys, the sorrows, get in touch with the children of Africa.  Meet the children of Africa in stories, in pictures, in accounts of what life is like for an African Child.  Pages and pages of the accounts of children in Africa along with pictures. Focusing primarily on the children of Uganda.

Africa's Women-Section:  The women of Africa. There are pictures of everyday women. Stories of Human triumph and of simply daily life for a woman in Africa.  There is a resiliency and strength in the African woman birthed out of the daily trials she faces.  Focusing primarily on the women of Uganda.

Life in a Kampala Neighborhood:  An average neighborhood in Kampala.  The account is through the eyes of a westerner who lived there for some months.  It is unlikely that you will visit many places such as this, but it gives you an idea how many people live.  The very people who wait on your, clean your hotel room, drive you around, the people who make Kampala happen.

A day in a Ugandan Village:  A visit to the small village of Kitaisa an hour from Kampala.  You can see the pictures and read an account of the village.  Most Ugandans live in the village, there are no jobs besides working in a small shop, but most people grow their own vegetables and the surplus is sold.

Dead White Man’s Clothing Get a Second Life in Africa: In East African countries such as Uganda the second hand clothing market is simply huge.  Most people cannot afford new clothing prices since they do not make a lot of money, so it is used clothing from Owino market, or from door to door vendor.  Come to Kampala and you can see smartly dressed people, and yes, mostly from second hand clothing that gets a second chance in Africa.

Aids-The African Plague:  AIDS in the 1990's was like the black plague of Europe.  People were dying everywhere of the slimming disease.  Most every family had members die, businesses restricted as to how many funerals an employee could attend.  Thousands of children were orphaned.  It was simply unbelievable.

Aids-The African Solution:  What Uganda has done to combat Aids?  Actually a lot with simple tools for the most par.  A-B-C meaning Abstention - Be Faithful and Condoms.  The fight against Aids is not over in Uganda, there has been a slight resurgence in new cases.

Africa - Uganda Travel Guide and Information: A complete total Travel Guide to Africa with Uganda as its focus. Travel Tips and Advice - Uganda Visa advice and where to buy it - Flying into Uganda information along with arrival and departure tips - Security and Safety tips in Uganda - Health Advice, Safari Tours, Mountain Gorilla Tracking, Chimpanzees, Birding, Mountain Climbing and more.

Uganda Safaris:  Uganda is one of the best places in Africa to go on Safaris.  A small country and yet bio-diverse in nature, almost twice the species of birds found in the USA yet Uganda is the size of Oregon. Game parks, lodging from budget to luxury, jungle, open savannas, mountains, volcanoes...simply awesome and off the beaten tourist track. One day, three day and 5 day or longer safaris with Kabiza Wilderness Safaris.

Maps Of Uganda: Here you will find several Maps of Uganda including the Parks.  A map begins to illuminate the location of Uganda, what countries are around it and you can see the flow of the Nile through several lakes.  There is also a map of the National Park of Uganda.