The sun is the source of life on the planet. Its rays give the necessary light and warmth. At the same time, ultraviolet radiation from the Sun is detrimental to all living things. To find a compromise between the beneficial and harmful properties of the Sun, meteorologists calculate the ultraviolet radiation index, which characterizes the degree of its danger.

What UV radiation from the sun is

The ultraviolet radiation from the sun has wide range and is subdivided into three regions, two of which reach the Earth.

• UV-A. Longwave radiation range
  315–400 nm

  The rays pass almost freely through all atmospheric "barriers" and reach the Earth.

• UVB. Medium wave radiation range
  280–315 nm

  The rays are 90% absorbed by the ozone layer, carbon dioxide and water vapor.

• UVC. Shortwave radiation range
  100–280 nm

  The most dangerous area. They are completely absorbed by stratospheric ozone without reaching the Earth.

The more ozone, clouds and aerosols in the atmosphere, the less the harmful effect of the Sun. However, these saving factors have a high natural variability. The annual maximum of stratospheric ozone occurs in spring, and the minimum - in autumn. Cloud cover is one of the most variable weather characteristics. The content of carbon dioxide also changes all the time.

At what values ​​of the UV index is there a danger

The UV index gives an estimate of the amount of UV radiation from the Sun on the Earth's surface. UV index values ​​range from safe 0 to extreme 11+.

• 0–2 Low
• 3–5 Moderate
• 6–7 High
• 8–10 Very high
• 11+ Extreme

In mid-latitudes, the UV index approaches unsafe values ​​(6–7) only at the maximum height of the Sun above the horizon (occurs in late June - early July). At the equator, during the year, the UV index reaches 9...11+ points.

What is the benefit of the sun

In small doses, UV radiation from the Sun is essential. The sun's rays synthesize melanin, serotonin, vitamin D, necessary for our health, and prevent rickets.

Melanin creates a kind of protective barrier for skin cells from the harmful effects of the sun. Because of it, our skin darkens and becomes more elastic.

Happiness hormone serotonin affects our well-being: it improves mood and increases overall vitality.

Vitamin D strengthens the immune system, stabilizes blood pressure and performs anti-rickets functions.

Why is the sun dangerous?

When sunbathing, it is important to understand that the line between beneficial and harmful Sun is very thin. Excessive sunburn always borders on a burn. UV radiation damages DNA in skin cells.

The body's defense system cannot cope with such an aggressive impact. This lowers the immune system, damages the retina, causes skin aging and can lead to cancer.

Ultraviolet destroys the DNA chain

How does the sun affect people?

Susceptibility to UV radiation depends on skin type. The most sensitive to the Sun are people of the European race - for them, protection is required already at an index of 3, and 6 is considered dangerous.

At the same time, for Indonesians and African Americans, this threshold is 6 and 8, respectively.

Who is affected the most by the Sun?

people with light
skin tone

People with many moles

Residents of the middle latitudes while relaxing in the south

winter lovers
fishing

Skiers and climbers

People with a family history of skin cancer

In what weather is the sun most dangerous

The fact that the Sun is dangerous only in hot and clear weather is a common misconception. You can also get burned in cool cloudy weather.

Cloudiness, no matter how dense it may be, does not at all reduce the amount of ultraviolet to zero. In mid-latitudes, cloud cover significantly reduces the risk of sunburn, which cannot be said about traditional beach holiday destinations. For example, in the tropics, if in sunny weather you can get burned in 30 minutes, then in cloudy weather - in a couple of hours.

How to protect yourself from the sun

To protect yourself from harmful rays, follow these simple rules:

Get less exposure to the Sun during the midday hours

Wear light-colored clothing, including wide-brimmed hats

Use protective creams

Wear sunglasses

Stay in the shade more on the beach

Which sunscreen to choose

Sunscreen varies in terms of sun protection and is labeled from 2 to 50+. The numbers indicate the proportion of solar radiation that overcomes the protection of the cream and reaches the skin.

For example, when applying a cream labeled 15, only 1/15 (or 7%) of the UV rays will penetrate the protective film. In the case of cream 50, only 1/50, or 2%, affects the skin.

Sunscreen creates a reflective layer on the body. However, it is important to understand that no cream is capable of reflecting 100% of ultraviolet radiation.

For everyday use, when the time spent under the Sun does not exceed half an hour, a cream with protection 15 is quite suitable. For tanning on the beach, it is better to take 30 and above. However, for fair-skinned people, it is recommended to use a cream labeled 50+.

How to apply sunscreen

The cream should be applied evenly to all exposed skin, including the face, ears and neck. If you plan to sunbathe for a long time, then the cream should be applied twice: 30 minutes before going out and, additionally, before going to the beach.

Please refer to the cream instructions for how much to apply.

How to apply sunscreen while swimming

Sunscreen should be applied every time after bathing. Water washes away the protective film and, reflecting the sun's rays, increases the dose of ultraviolet radiation received. Thus, when bathing, the risk of burning increases. However, due to the cooling effect, you may not feel the burn.

Excessive sweating and rubbing with a towel is also a reason to re-protect the skin.

It should be remembered that on the beach, even under an umbrella, the shade does not provide full protection. Sand, water, and even grass reflect up to 20% of UV rays, increasing their impact on the skin.

How to protect your eyes

Sunlight reflecting off water, snow, or sand can cause painful retinal burns. Use sunglasses with an ultraviolet filter to protect your eyes.

Danger for skiers and climbers

In the mountains, the atmospheric "filter" is thinner. For every 100 meters of altitude, the UV index increases by 5%.

Snow reflects up to 85% of UV rays. In addition, up to 80% of the ultraviolet reflected by the snow cover is again reflected by the clouds.

Thus, in the mountains, the Sun is most dangerous. Protecting the face, lower part of the chin and ears is necessary even in cloudy weather.

How to deal with sunburn if you are burned

Treat the body with a damp sponge to wet the burn

Lubricate the burnt areas with anti-burn cream

If the temperature rises, consult a doctor, you may be advised to take an antipyretic

If the burn is severe (skin is very swollen and blisters), seek medical attention.

About Entebbe

Entebbe (Entebbe listen)) is a city in the southeast Uganda, 35 km from the capital Kampala. Entebbe is located on the shores of Africa's largest lake - Victoria. Population 70200 people. (2008). Like Kampala, Entebbe was founded as an outpost only in 1893. From the following year, 1894, the new settlement received the status of the administrative center of the British colony of Uganda.

Kampala was also formally considered the capital, since government offices were located in both cities. But in addition to the administrative function, Entebbe served as a prestigious suburb of Kampala, where employees preferred to settle. And now most of the city is occupied by residential areas populated mainly by employees of government organizations. The name is translated from the Lugandian dialect as "place". This is due to the fact that immediately after the founding of the city, the court was moved here, that is, literally it was a “place of judgment”.

The opening of an international airport near Entebbe in 1947 contributed to the development of the city as the country's main transportation hub. And now, significant volumes of goods that are transported to East Africa pass through the airport. In addition, the transshipment of goods through Entebbe is also carried out through the shipping company on Lake Victoria - to Kenya and Tanzania. After independence from Great Britain in 1962, the status of the capital remained with Kampala, Entebbe turned into a business center. There is no industry here, only the offices of enterprises selling cotton, coffee and bananas are located.

Tourists visit Entebbe mostly on day trips from Kampala. The city is small: there are significantly fewer attractions and entertainment venues than in the capital. In Entebbe, you can get acquainted with the collection of plants in the botanical garden, founded more than a hundred years ago. In addition, staying in the garden will be interesting for those wishing to observe the life of wild birds. Near the city pier there is a small zoo at the Wildlife Education Center, where monkeys, antelopes and other representatives of the local fauna are kept. Following the example of local residents, tourists have picnics on the shores of Lake Victoria (just a few kilometers from the city center). However, tourists are not recommended to swim in the lake due to the high risk of catching an infection.

Entebbe has a humid and hot tropical climate. It is quite hot +33...+35C from September to the end of February. The rainy season begins in March and ends in June. May is the wettest month and at the same time the coolest. The most favorable (cool season) continues from May to the end of August, the air temperature ranges from +20 to +24C, sometimes drops to +15 C.

Calling code of Uganda: +256,Entebbe area code: 42.

For trips around the city, you can use "boda-boda" (taxi scooters) and taxi "matatu". Both modes of transport are inconvenient, but relatively cheap. Ordinary taxis are more expensive, but safer and more comfortable. On the ferries you can take a short walk to the islands on the lake (about 5 km from the shore).

International Airport ( Entebbe International Airport) is located about 4 km from the city center. Website of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority - http://www.caa.co.ug/

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Closer to noon, Idi Amin again honors the hostages with his visit. He is accompanied by his young son, who wears exactly the same dress uniform as his father. Amin delivers the bad news: Israel still hasn't given a definitive answer to the hostage exchange. But Amin also has “good” news in store: the ultimatum has been extended until 11 a.m. Sunday.

The rest of the day passes without much incident - for all but four of the hostages, whom the terrorists take in turn to a separate room, where they are intimidated and threatened. Then the hostages are returned in an organized manner to the main hall of the airport, where the French had recently been.

The toilet is clogged and stinks. The radio works. The evening newscast reports that Israel has agreed to the terms of the kidnappers. The hostages are crying, hugging and preparing to return home soon.

It was decided to name the operation "Thunderball". Israeli Air Force Commander Benjamin Peled fills the prime minister in on the details.

Two Israeli Air Force Boeing 707s, repainted in El Al colors, will fly on a regular commercial route to the only friendly country in the region, Kenya. They will be equipped with field hospitals. As soon as the Boeings land in Nairobi, four Hercules take off from the base, in which, in addition to hundreds of paratroopers, half-track all-terrain vehicles and heavy machine guns will fit. As soon as the Hercules leave the Israeli air zone, they will descend and fly below the radar coverage.

Yes sir! - minted the commander of the Air Force.

th day, friday

Entebbe Airport, Uganda

On the night from Thursday to Friday, only children sleep in the airport lounge. The adult hostages are talking quietly, discussing their return. No one believes that the nightmare, which lasted almost a week, is coming to an end. And indeed, this is not the end. At seven in the morning, a black Mercedes, already familiar to the hostages, drives up to the airport. This time, Amin arrived not only with his son, but also with his last wife, a black beauty in a wide green dress.

We will find the same Mercedes as Amin's and put our guys in it. In principle, we can make a scarecrow of Amin

The President reports that Israel has refused to go towards the terrorists and to facilitate the speedy release of its people. Amin recommends that the hostages write an open letter to their government asking them to meet the demands of the kidnappers. Leaving the stunned hostages arguing over whether to write a letter or not, Amin leaves the airport building with dignity.

Prime Minister's Office, Israel

Again! Once again, I said! Faster Faster!

A group of paratroopers, led by 30-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan Netanyahu, a Harvard graduate and brother of the future Israeli prime minister, are running back to the training Hercules. Ideally, the operation to free the hostages should take no more than 55 minutes. So far, the paratroopers are far from ideal, which gives Dan Shomron the right to urge them on by shouting. But there's a whole night of training ahead. The commandos will be able to sleep off during the upcoming seven-hour flight to Uganda.

Hercules pilots don't rest either. They practice steep climbs as well as landings directly on the ground in case Ugandan soldiers spot the planes and block the runway. Mordechai Gur, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, is sitting in one of the planes. Being inside a 70-ton machine, which either soars up or flies down like a stone, Gur feels, to put it mildly, uncomfortable. But now he knows that he can confidently report to the Prime Minister: "Everything is ready."

th day, saturday

On Saturday afternoon, two El Al Boeing 707s landed one after the other at Nairobi Airport on a commercial route from Tel Aviv. Exactly 20 minutes later, four giant Hercules take to the air from an Israeli military base.

Only 15 minutes after takeoff, the Cabinet of Ministers officially gives the go-ahead for the operation: the command “Zanek!” sounds on the military radio. ("Takeoff!"). The connection is then cut off in order to maintain secrecy. The pilots will have to fly the aircraft for seven hours, relying only on the radar antenna. Flying high above the Hercules are phantom fighters, each with a device to jam enemy radars. They will accompany the Hercules to Ethiopia. The bulk of the soldiers are in the first plane, which becomes difficult to breathe shortly after takeoff. Some of the soldiers settled in jeeps, some crouched at the all-terrain vehicles. It is especially difficult for soldiers who will portray Ugandans in Amin's false Mercedes. Their faces and hands have been painted with make-up borrowed from a Tel Aviv theater, and now the Ugandans are sweating more than anyone else, crammed into a fancy car.

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Uganda: on both sides of the equator

This country in East Africa is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest in the world. Due to the usual large number of children here, the average age of its population is about 15 years. In general, a lot of interesting things can be said about it. There are several kingdoms on its territory, and not so long ago, a local dictator who adored titles declared himself the king of… Scotland.

The country is crossed by the equator, but the tops of its mountains are covered with snow. 15 percent of the area is occupied by inland waters. This is much more than, for example, Finland, which is called the “land of a thousand lakes” and which has access to the sea. In, of course, there are smaller lakes, but among them there are ...

royal lake

In the summer of 1858, the English officer John Speke (by the way, a participant in the Crimean War) made his way through the savannah forests of East Africa. The goal was to discover the origins of the great African river Nile. The expedition proceeded hard: the guides strove to steal something and escape, pestered by tropical sores. Speke lost his hearing for a while, and then his sight. But on July 30, all the ordeals receded into the background. Before the travelers opened an endless, to the horizon, water surface. The natives explained that this was Lake Nyanza. A survey of the local population allowed the Briton to conclude: the Nile flows from this huge body of water. Speke patriotically named the lake after the reigning British Queen Victoria.

It is the largest freshwater lake in Africa and the second largest in the world. The entire Republic of Tatarstan could freely accommodate on its square. Geologists say that the lake was born not so long ago - about 400 thousand years ago. Then real catastrophes shook the local regions - giant cracks went along the earth's firmament, volcanoes erupted, new mountain ranges grew. Frozen lava flows and mountains blocked the former path of the rivers. In search of new channels, some of them carried streams into a depression that sank in the ring of mountains. And so Lake Victoria was born.

Saddle-billed yabiru, Uganda. Author of the photo - Luz Montero Espuela.

Since then, it has dried up three times. Now it is already fed not so much by rivers as by storm streams flowing down from the mountains during the “wet season”. In the water and on the shores, special ecosystems of plants and animals have developed here, surprising scientists.

For example, an unusual protopter fish lives in the lake, similar to a thick two-meter mustachioed snake. It is surprising, first of all, because, unlike all other fish, it breathes not only with gills, but also with ... lungs. From time to time, the protopter, wriggling, emerges, takes a breath of atmospheric air and dives again. This allows him to survive with a lack of oxygen in the water. And this happens in Victoria during the dry seasons. To save energy on ascents, protopters avoid great depths (and they reach 80 meters in the lake). True, another threat arises - local drying of some part of the reservoir. But the protopter found a way out: it burrows into the ground, hibernates and is not afraid of any droughts. And when the rainy season comes, the water again covers the dry, petrified silt, and the protopter comes to life as if nothing had happened. Until the next drought. Zoologists have found that he can sleep without waking up to four years!

Among the coastal animals, the water antelope sitatunga, a little larger than a domestic goat, attracts attention. Competition with stronger and larger ungulates pushed the sitatunga to the shores. Its small body weight plus long, widely spaced hooves allow it to run through the quagmire of marshy places. Without fear, going into the water belly-deep, sitatungs graze in thickets of algae, sedges and reeds. And fleeing from blood-sucking insects and predators, they submerge so that only the nose and eyes remain above the water. For the most dangerous predator - man, the water antelope becomes an easy prey. As a result, the species was included in the international Red Book. On the uninhabited islands of Lake Victoria, a reserve has been created specifically to protect these animals.

Of the five hundred species of fish that live in the lake, three hundred are found nowhere else in the world. People come here to see the animals that are called the hallmark of Africa - crocodiles, lions, hippos, giraffes, elephants, rhinos, porcupines, monkeys, pythons ... What can I say, even the coat of arms depicts representatives of its fauna - a crowned crane and an antelope, and on the flag - the same handsome crane

Watussi, . The author of the photo is siaolyao cska.​

Banana republic

So we mockingly call the small countries of Latin America, which are completely dependent on the export of one or two crops. But the real, without any hint, banana republic is Uganda. In Russia, a little more than 7 kg of bananas per capita are eaten per year, in Ecuador - ten times more. And it confidently occupies the first place in the world - here the "capita" consumes 450 (!) Kg of bananas per year. They eat them almost every day. In the language of the Ganda people, the largest in this country, banana and food are denoted by one word - "matoke".

In Ugandan markets, they are often bought not in pieces, not in clusters, but in whole trunks of fifteen to twenty kilograms. In grown over 50 varieties of this plant. Some are good for frying, others are eaten raw for dessert. Bananas of especially sweet varieties are bought as a gift for children. And the usual everyday food is prepared from unripe bananas in a green peel, tightly adherent to the pulp. They are harsh, with an astringent taste and without culinary processing, they are edible only with great hunger. Such bananas are peeled with a knife, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed, maintaining a low fire. After a couple of hours, without unfolding, they rub it with their hands. It turns out matoke - yellow, soft mashed potatoes, smelling like potatoes. This is a side dish for meat, fish or an independent dish, seasoned with nuts and something spicy and spicy. They eat it with their hands. Matoke of five bananas among poor Ugandans is considered a completely normal lunch. Moreover, to prepare it, you just need to go with a knife to a banana that grows behind the house.

In you can taste banana juice, beer, wine. Baskets, bags, rugs, egg containers are woven from dried banana leaves, sheds are built from the rain. They wrap their heads with large dense green leaves, preparing to carry basins, bales and other loads on it.

And the most interesting thing is that bananas once did not grow at all in Uganda. They were brought here by the British from India, which today ranks first in the world in the production of bananas. So, have - the second! Look at the map for the size of these two countries and, as they say, feel the difference.

Our plane from Istanbul arrived in Entebbe at about two in the morning. They didn’t give us anything to the ladder: no sleeves, no bus - everything, as soon as they got out, they went to the airport building themselves. We had fun: in European countries, including ours, for some reason everyone is terribly afraid to let passengers out onto the airfield, but here - nothing, go out and go wherever your eyes look! :) True, our eyes looked only towards the airport - it was already late and not at all up to wandering around the airfield completely drowned in the darkness of the second largest city in Uganda in search of adventure.

The Entebbe airport building was not far from the landing site of our plane, and we did not walk to it for a long time. My first concern was mosquitoes. As I have already said, it was not the difficulties of the journey that frightened me most of all during the trip to Uganda, the lack of good hotels and food is just complete nonsense. The malarial mosquitoes strained me, and now I racked my eyes to look out at least one reptile in the night. But alas, despite the proximity to the airport of Lake Victoria, I did not find mosquitoes! Hehe, would you know how many we met on the way back, when we flew out of Entebbe 12 days later! Just hordes! I have never seen such a large number anywhere so far: thousands of these creatures hovered around airport lamps, the rest simply circled in the air, sat on the shaved heads of Ugandans, but, interestingly, did not bite: either they were all so powerfully sprayed with repellent that mosquitoes just figeli from its smell and could not even think of tasting it, whether it was some kind of wrong mosquitoes.

And on the day of our arrival in Uganda, I did not find mosquitoes at all, we were quickly stamped for visas in our passport, and we went to look for a taxi. By the way, with regard to visas, they could not be obtained in Moscow. At Entebbe airport there was a separate booth for visa-free passengers, where they immediately bought these visas, and they immediately put stamps on them.

With a taxi, it turned out to be a very interesting problem. Our Ugandan friend Roman Kashigin booked us a hotel on the outskirts of Entebbe and said that a taxi to it would cost around 15 dollars. Well, 15 is 15! At the exit from the airport, we found a taxi booth, indicated to the taxi drivers hanging out where we were actually going, and heard in response that they wanted 20. Aha, right now! Of course, they are used to fooling tourists - they are not the first, they are not the last! After a short trade, a taxi driver was found who agreed to take us for $ 15, which, in fact, had to be proved! We loaded into the car and hit the road! When we got to the hotel, and I handed him 15 bucks, the taxi driver immediately whined and began to demand twenty, moreover, he tried to prove that Anton and I had mass hallucinations, and we initially agreed for twenty! In general, I was a little stunned by such impudence, the taxi driver went through the forest in any way, but this incident was our first acquaintance with one of the main features of the Ugandans, which we later encountered more than once during our trip.

The hotel turned out to be quite nice. He called banana village and was located in a village among banana thickets. Rooms here were separate African-style houses called gangs: round thatched roofs, which had all the comforts inside, including a mosquito net over the bed.

It looked like this hotel had existed for a long time, and most likely was built in the middle of the last century, during the years of the British protectorate. On its territory there were a lot of pretty plaster sculptures depicting African life - a banana branch, men returning from hunting, a topless Ugandan girl and others. All of them were made very skillfully, but it was noticeable that a very long time ago - the paint had peeled off on them, they themselves were covered with mud, in general, it was clear that no one had looked after them for many years, and they stood here only because when have been placed.

We spent the night, and in the morning we met with our driver Asya, who was supposed to drive us around Uganda in a rented car for eight days with a break between them for two days.

We took a car - a Toyota minibus (it turned out to be cheaper than a jeep) with a driver specifically in order to get to hard-to-reach places in the country where it is impossible to get to public transport. Again, Roman helped us with the rent. As a result, the car cost us only 95 dollars a day, which was quite good for Uganda. On the first day by car, we planned to get to Jinji, where we were going to meet Roman and his wife Olivia, and then move to the town of Mbale, which was located about 300 kilometers from Entebbe, from where the next day we were all going to go to the Karamojong tribe on northeast of the country. Along the way, we planned to see Entebbe, some of the sights of the capital of Uganda, Kampala, the source of the Nile and the Bujagali waterfalls, and at the same time exchange dollars for Ugandan shillings and buy malaria pills in case we suddenly get sick.

Entebbe at first glance seemed to us a little dusty and crowded city.

True, at that time we had not yet visited Kampala, which then personally made a killer impression on me. But when we drove through Entebbe at night from the airport, I was extremely surprised that there were practically no lights in the city. Now we have seen that most of the buildings here are one-story, even in the center they do not exceed several floors, so, in principle, there was nothing special to highlight here at night.

But two things particularly struck me. The first is a bright red, just fiery land all around. It was clear that there was a lot of iron in it. But despite this knowledge, at first my brain simply refused to perceive this color, and all the time it seemed to me that we were on Mars.

And the second is a huge number of clinics everywhere: both in Entebbe itself, and then on the road from Entebbe to Kampala. We literally did not pass a single street, not a single settlement, where there would not be a pointer to some clinic or hospital. In principle, this is not surprising: in Uganda, according to some estimates, about 40 percent of the population is infected with HIV, and up to 60,000 cases of malaria are detected per year. In general, clinics in this country are vital.

We made our first stop at Entebbe botanical garden. Like the city itself, it stands on the shore Lake Victoria. The lake is calm here, herons nest in the thickets along its banks, and it itself makes a very favorable impression.

True, it seems favorable only at first glance. In fact, here, as in many other places, it is infected with schistosomes, and on its shore in the garden we even met a sign nailed to a tree that swimming in the lake is possible only at your own peril and risk.

We walked around the garden for a bit and looked at some of its plants.

True, we had seen many of them before, but it was still very interesting. For example, it turned out that bananas, which seem to be the most common and popular in our understanding, have by no means one or two types. There are dozens, if not hundreds! Moreover, they are not divided at all into those that are eaten raw, and those that are usually fried or boiled. Even within these, so to speak, "culinary subclasses" there are a lot of banana varieties. And as far as we understand, among them - a huge number of generally inedible.

Even in the botanical garden, for the first time, I personally saw a sausage tree, which we later repeatedly met throughout our trip to Uganda - with almost real sausages hanging from the branches. True, only monkeys can eat such sausages - although they are not poisonous, they are not at all tasty.

But the breadfruit, which we also found in the garden, the travelers of the past really ate. I read that with special preparation, it was even difficult to distinguish them from real buns. :))

Again, for the first time in the botanical garden, we saw huge, several human-sized cacti.

Not for the first time, coffee, bamboo and jackfruit, the fruits of which, as it turned out, are also edible and taste like a cross between a banana, melon and papaya - we then tried them.

But the termite mounds made the strongest impression on us - high hill houses, vaguely similar to anthills, but so big that some of them were even taller than Anton and me. There were a lot of them in the garden! True, unfortunately, we did not see a single termite in them, but on the other hand, we had seen enough of their moves, because their pieces were often lying next to the termite mounds and it was possible to see everything in some detail.

This is how we got our first acquaintance with Africa. And already on the first day in Uganda, we perfectly understood how bright, lively, diverse and unusual this country is. And what next we are waiting for just extraordinary adventures!

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