X-mas in Uganda

When you live in Thailand, Tourist destination no 1, why would you go to spend X-mas in Uganda?

We came from Thailand, Thorsten's parents, sister and niece from Germany and Griet's sister from Belgium and we all met at the Kenis- residence in Wakiso (house of Griet's parents, who live there), near Kampala.


After a few days of adjusting to the weather and jetlag, we took off in a minivan to meet Santa Claus in Fort Portal, walk around the Crater lakes in Nkuruba, search for lions (failed), hippo's (succeeded) and elephants (succeeded) in Queen Elizabeth National Park and get lost in the markets in Kampala.
We were very lucky with the weather and the electricity - I think the Ugandan government provided a X-mas special. Only once or twice did we have dinner by candle light.

At the end of the holiday, Thorsten and I took a 2-day honeymoon in Jinja at the sources of the Nile and left Jara in the good hands of my parents... She didn't blink once. Think she didn't even notice we were gone... Due to the problems in Kenya and the fuel shortage in Uganda we managed to get a ride both ways although it wasn't always sure we'd get back.

We all suffered a bit of the usual holiday disturbances which make you run to the loo several times at night but it never interrupted our itinerary. Having 2 babies with us ensured that we took it easy and therefore were able to enjoy more as you can see in the pictures.
Luckily Jara and Sophia did not complain about 'too long hikes'. They joined willingly.