Our Lake Bunyonyi Trip

There's been a lot of action around these parts: Thanksgiving, one big batch of med students headed back to the States, trying fried grasshoppers! But because there's also been a lot of action at work, it's been hard to find time to deliver this news in a timely fashion. We'll get to all of that good stuff, but until then, enjoy a photo gallery of our recent group trip to Lake Bunyoni.

We chartered an awesome guide named Robert who drove nine of us over the mountains and down towards the second deepest lake on the entire continent. It looks like a small sea got poured into a steep, verdant maze of valleys. The mountains drop straight into the lake and the peaks that aren't submerged make up the constellation of islands that fill the lake. Some are inhabited, all are gorgeous.

We hung by the dock at the compound of hillside cottages where we all stayed, took a boat tour with Robert, had lunch on a neighboring island and spent many hours on the patio of Birdnest Hotel -- the Ritz of Bunyonyi. The views were spectacular and we all got a well-deserved break from the hustle-bustle of the hospital. It felt great to visit another world for a weekend.

holy moley, it's the Crested Crane, national bird of Uganda!

we came across a family of baboons on the side of the road

mom and little babe

and dad who, i swear, could have pushed our van over if he'd wanted to

first glimpse of one of the long arms of Bunyonyi

r&r by the "pool"

so lovely... the lake is nice too

thinking about going in...and I did!

...but after these kids paddled past

after-lunch walk on one of the many islands

the sacred ibis! (yes, we're still pretty bird crazy)

daniel relaxing at the bow

L to R: Andrea, Kevin, Hannah, Robert, Priya, Cristina

ahhhh, nothing like a fancy dinner overlooking the lake