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Welcome to my channel, Tamil Trekker. I am in Kampala, Uganda.
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It is time to leave. I have been here for the past 10 to 12 days.
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I am still here in the Tamilian friend's house.
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Now, I am leaving to Jinja a very important place in Africa.
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It is 76 kms from here and will take 2 hours to reach.
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If traffic is hectic then it may taken longer also.
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From here I need to travel 5kms to the stop. I have booked a taxi in safeboda app.
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It costs around 3000 shillings for 5kms.
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I will put the exchange amount below. UGX means uganda shillings
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and INR is Indian rupees. By seeing this you will know. Now let's go.
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I have packed the bags already. My friends have left for work. I will call, inform them and leave.
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We'll leave then.
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Safety issues are a high concern here.
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Even having mobile or camera in your hand while walking on road isn't safe.
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People will grab it from you and run. You can't chase them in the heavy traffic.
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I am showing whatever I can film here.
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That's why you see less clips of me in public. I need to keep the camera safe.
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That is the reason.
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I am in the vehicle that is heading to Jinja. I didn't get the ticket yet.
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I will get the ticket and tell you how much it costs.
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Finally, i have come to Jinja. He is my couchsurfing host here.
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Now I am going to the place called source of nile.
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That is where we are going. Now only I came here. It costs 2000 shillings to travel from the city.
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We'll go and see whether entry fees are there or not.
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There are a lot of stories about this place. I will tell you once I go inside.
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For locals, it is 5000 shillings. For foreigners, it is 30000 shillings.
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The nile starts from here and flows in central north
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uganda, sudan and goes to egypt. It is vast.
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I will show you when I get inside.
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Here is mahatma gandhi statue
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They have dissolved his ashes in the nile
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In the year 1948, ashes given by the prime minister
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and they have dissolved it in the river.
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In the year 1948. That is why they have kept his memorial here.
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He has never come to Uganda but.
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Now I am taking the boat to go into the river. There are categories. Short, medium and long trip.
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Short trip costs 1 Lakh shillings, Medium trip costs 2 Lakh shillings and long trip costs 3 Lakh shillings.
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Short trip is for 15 mins, medium is for 30 mins
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and long trip is for 1 hour.
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Now I am taking a short trip by paying 1 Lakh shilling. I will mention the Indian rupee equivalent below.
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There are a lot of people here. I am going along with them.
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We'll see how it is.
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They have given me life jackets and all
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Nile is one of the largest rivers in the world. It starts in Uganda.
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South Sudan, and reaches Egypt. It runs for 6650 km.
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A place in Sudan is called as
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The Blue Nile. It is in Ethiopia. When we go there, we will visit that place.
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Here you can see water spring.
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This spring is the source of nile
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and lake victoria. The water just flows from here.
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That is lake victoria and this side is
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river nile. This is the place of conjunction.
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Here is the spring.
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Lake victoria is
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second largest lake in the world.
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The water supply is from the spring here. I have already told you that lake victoria is huge.
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It runs through Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
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It belongs to these three countries. It is the major water source here.
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We are travelling in the same lake Victoria.
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We have seen Lake victoria and source of Nile already.
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From here I am going to my host's place to get freshen up. From there
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I am have gone to a orphanage he owns.
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I have also bought a icecream box when we went there.
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We gave it to all 53 children there.
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These children are abandoned since young age.
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Some people chase the kids away and some children run out of their homes because of troubles at home
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This place is a shelter for all these children
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They feed them and shelter them
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They ask them whether they want to go home or stay somewhere else
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They bring those children to this home
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They give them everything. Food, education and all.
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There are a lot of homes in Africa.
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That is where I went. I felt very happy to visit this place.
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I did a little thing by getting them icecream.
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From there again I went to the host's place.
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Yesterday I visited the home and came back.
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Now I am going to Baley, to see the waterfalls.
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That is where I am going. I haven't booked any place to stay. I have to go there and decide.
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I will go there and see. The prices online are very costly.
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Couchsurfing is also not available there.
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I am in Baley now. I have reached sipi falls.
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I paid 15000 shillings to taxi to get here. We'll take a short trip to sipi falls.
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We have immanuel with us.
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He is our guide today.
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We are also going to see a cave there. It has many crystals and stones itseems.
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He told he'll show me everything. It kinda looks rainy. We need to hurry and return.
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The time is 2 now. We have to get back by 4 or 5.
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Here is where I am staying. In the campsite.
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Mostly they cultivate coffee here.
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It is full of mountainous areas.
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I didn't set up my camping. I will pitch it once I come back.
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It's been 10 minutes since I have started trekking. It is going easy as of now.
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But I am panting heavily.
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The last time I went trekking was in Himachal Pradesh.
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Then I went to assam, But I didn't go trekking there.
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Now I am here, trekking in Uganda.
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What I am doing is a very short trekking. I would come back again in 2 hours.
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Long trekking is also there.
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It would take 4 to 5 hours to reach there.
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But I chose for the shorter path now.
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Trekking is another country has a very different
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feel to it.
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This is the coffee plant.
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The houses here resemble like the one in our country.
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The tribal people have to climb all these mountains on daily basis.
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All these are agricultural
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lands here. You can see the waterfalls that side.
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water is less there.
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If it rains, the density will become more.
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We need to pay entry fee to get inside.
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We are in that office.
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Look at it. It is completely built of mud.
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Most houses here looks like this.
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See the falls.
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We are here at the falls.
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We are very near you can see.
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Going up is the big task now.
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The height is so steep. There are three such waterfalls here.
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This is another one.
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There are more tall waterfalls here. This is the starting point. Level 3.
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There are two above.
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If you are interested you can come here. It is just like in Meghalaya.
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In Meghalaya, I have seen majestic waterfalls.
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So, this one doesn't excite me much.
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But it is worth the trek.
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This place is full of banana trees, coffee plants etc
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You can see.
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In Uganda, you can see a lot of banana trees.
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They like banana very much here.
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The water flow is very less. If it rains the flow will be much higher.
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The force of the wind changes the direction of the water.
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It moves right and left like that.
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This is a local fruit it seems.
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I will taste and see how it is.
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It is nice. Just like tomato.
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But not so sour like tomato but it is sweet.
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I like more local experience. That is why I indulge in all local things.
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A very important culture is practised in Uganda. It is about greeting people.
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In our place we just go to someone and talk randomly
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But here in Uganda
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you need to greet them first. Ask them how they are and then start talking.
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It is followed everywhere in Uganda.
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On the second day I came here. I asked a security where can I shave.
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I didn't even greet that security.
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She is a lady.
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I asked her where the salon shop was.
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She got tensed and asked me to greet her first.
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After greeting her she told me where it was.
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When I came home, I asked my Tamil friends about this.
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They told me it is a culture in Uganda.
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To greet anyone first before starting a conversation.
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They would ask you the same and then only you should begin the talk.
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That is very important here.
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I am going to a cave next.
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To see some stones and crystals there.
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I didn't pitch my tent yet. I have to do that too.
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Then after sleeping I can head somewhere tomorrow.
