Shiv’s Colourful Week in Rwanda & Uganda
Londoner Shiv loves music. He straight away sat in front of our tour minibus and took full advantage of the Bluetooth connection, playing mostly American…
Category: Life of a Volunteer
For articles published before 2021 please see Volunteering on our old blog.
Into the Snow and Ice of Africa
Looking for something very cool as a special add-on to your trip in the Gorilla Highlands region? A week-long trip to the magnificent Rwenzori mountains…
In Photos: Pioneering Volunteer Adventure in Rwanda & Uganda
Today’s story will be the last for some weeks. Our home country Rwanda begins the annual commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi tomorrow.…
Where Differences Can Still Be Made
We were visited by Laura and Hannah from Austria last week … as they came to Uganda attempting to better understand their late friend Carla…
What Should I Expect in Terms of Cultural Shock?
Culture shock is expected, and even welcome, when you exchange a life in the West for a dive into African life. But your culture shock will inevitably…
A Night Out with My Wife … or $100 Spent Changing a Life?
The wind and wonder of discovery engulfed me as I held on to my motorcycle taxi driver, Kacumbe, the consensus king of boda boda drivers…
“What’s a Gay?” and Other Ugandan Sexuality Questions
Weirdly enough, I didn’t sleep at all on the night of 31 May. I felt anxious, but I couldn’t put my finger on what exactly…
Many Happy Returns
I’m Jon Lee, a consistent California connection, who has been writing, editing stories, and narrating videos for the Gorilla Highlands initiative for over a decade.…
Reflections from My Mirror
Travelling to another country or region and encountering the people of those places, always comes with its own particularities and challenges. As a graduated anthropologist…
How a Gracious Bird Taught Me a Lesson in Patience
Bunyonyi literally means ‘place of many little birds’, and everyone who has ever visited this lake in the southwest of Uganda, knows that that is…