by Richard | Jan 23, 2011 | Africa, Journalism, Photography, Travel, Uganda
In five hours it will be time to get up for introductory lectures, but every late night hour working on editing pictures has been worth it. Most of the pictures have stories, and many of those stories will be told in coming posts – just as soon as Telkom...
by Richard | Jan 9, 2011 | Africa, Reflections, Travel, Uganda
It’s late, and I’m tired, and I can’t get back to sleep. So I am up and writing again. Sifting through thoughts that come in the nights, when the day and all of its distractions have passed. I’m back in South Africa again. At last. I arrived...
by Richard | Dec 30, 2010 | Africa, Journalism, Travel, Uganda
When we arrived in Gulu, we spent only one night in the place we had booked to stay in. A serendipitous confusion of a lost booking and an entire house becoming cheaply available near the Kabero Opong district meant that we would relocate lock, stock and sleeping bag...
by Richard | Dec 18, 2010 | Africa, Journalism, Thinking, Travel, Uganda
Light and dark are a simple analogy for so many things. Waiting at the baggage counter for my pack and pondering the miles of home beyond the exit gate, I think I would have done well to consider how light and dark interact. How they manage, in a way, to make each...
by Richard | Dec 14, 2010 | Africa, Journalism, Travel, Uganda
Kitgum lies about three hours east of Gulu, and is the largest town in the Kitgum district of Northern Uganda. It is a place where, as I stepped out of the front door of the Sunshine Modern Guest House (singles from 16,000 shillings), I was privileged to witness the...
by Richard | Dec 5, 2010 | Africa, Journalism, Travel, Uganda
Arriving in Uganda three days ago, I am now in Gulu. The fact that I am blogging this, from an airconditioned coffee shop in safety should immediately give you a hint that you shouldn’t believe everything you read in the papers. For the most part, the last few...
