Continuing down the road we crossed over the equator. We had to stop and get our picture taken!
We drove to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
We decided to camp at Enjojo Lodge, a lodge outside the park. When we went to set up our camp there was only one other tent in their camping area. They had a nice grassy area, a covered patio, a kitchen sink and clean bathrooms and showers.
We were getting low on fuel so we decided to fill up the Rav4 before we did much exploring in the park. So off we went to get gas. This turned out to be a day that we will never forget. Just like our name “Oops Wrong Turn” we made a wrong turn. We ended up at the end of the road at the river, at the border crossing for Congo. We saw a police officer and pulled over to ask him about getting gas in their tiny village.
He said, no they did not has any gas there! We started to have some people gather around us. The police informed us that they were refugees from the Congo. He said they were living in the white tents, with very little and he did not know when or where the people were going to go. One thing lead to another and we pulled out our Fuji instax camera and everyone lined up to get their picture taken.
The women went and got their children and their friends. Everybody was getting their picture taken. The refugees seemed very happy with their pictures. It appeared that this was the first time they had their pictures taken.
This boy was very interested in Drew. He stayed next to Drew most of the time we were there. The boy even wanted Drew to hold his hand. We remembered that we still had a few pairs of shoes and some t-shirts to give away, so we gave them to the refugees. After everybody had their pictures taken we decided to head back to our camp. We went to look for gas later.
The next morning we were in Queen Elizabeth National Park as the sun was rising.
We were looking for their famous tree lions.
Here are a bunch of Hippos enjoying the sun!
The buffalo is considered one of the most dangerous animals in Africa.
We took a break from driving around the park and went to a nearby town to fill up the Rav4 with fuel. We returned to Queen Elizabeth National Park and we went looking for the campsite inside the park. The blue arrow is pointing to the hippos. The sign on the left said, STOP, Dangerous, Hippos. On the other side of the river where the hippos are sleeping is the Congo! Nobody else was staying at that campsite, and it looked like nobody had stayed there for awhile. Even though we had already paid to camp there, we ate our lunch, and decided to go back to Enjojo Lodge and camp there one last night.
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