NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY – DOWNTOWN OTTAWA – AUGUST 2020 Downtown Ottawa is home to many National Heritage Buildings. This is Postal Station B (or Central Post Office), built in 1938-39 when Confederation Square was redeveloped. It was designated as a heritage building in 1986. Now primarily an office building, Canada Post still maintains a postal outlet…
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This post is part of a series called Uganda 2020 The last day. Our last gorilla trek. February 29, 2020 and the reality of the Covid-19 situation is starting to set in as the virus spreads throughout Europe. At this point there were no known cases in Africa, so, off we went for our last…
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This post is part of a series called Uganda 2020 A very early start this day, well before dawn. We had to drive about an hour and a half to the Ruhija sector of the Park. The drive itself was enlightening – we saw families, children and groups of teenagers walking (in the darkness) –…
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This post is part of a series called Uganda 2020 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The name says it all – “impenetrable”. Located on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, this amazingly rich ecosystem is home to a large variety of mammals, birds, butterflies & vegetation. It is also home to about half of the…
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This post is part of a series called Uganda 2020 Up before dark we loaded into the vehicle for the first of three game drives. The morning and afternoon game drives were in the area north of the Kazinga Channel, while the next day would be a game of sorts as we made our way…
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This post is part of a series called Uganda 2020 From Kibale we headed south towards our next destination – Queen Elizabeth National Park. Along the way we passed banana and coffee plantations and drove through many small colourful villages. We stopped a few times along the way, once to take photos of the lake…
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This post is part of a series called Uganda 2020 The trip began in Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria, the largest freshwater lake in Africa and the 2nd largest in the world. A bit of birdwatching and a lot of relaxing before the busy days to come. I was persuaded to throw a…
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