The government offices were closing and the NGO workers were going on holiday during December 25th-26th. David and I decided to take a break of our own. We hired a car and driver and set off for the far Northeast corner of Uganda, to a national park named Kidepo. Thus the silence in the blog over the last few days. We are now based in Lira, and have had success in meeting officials and contacts here. Until we can update further, please enjoy a sampling of photographs from the park. Cheers, and happy holidays to all back home! - Posted by Jake Herrle
David Abraham is a geopolitical and economic risk analyst. He worked in an energy trading shop, a famous Wall Street firm that is no longer, and at the White House Office of Management and Budget, where he oversaw foreign assistance accounts. David was a Peace Corps Volunteer, and also worked with a German management consulting company and with a UN program in Indonesia. He has been published in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the International Herald Tribune. He has traveled...a lot.
Jake Herrle is a photographer, writer, and director. His clients include CNN, the New York Times, National Geographic, and the Sunday Times Magazine. In the fall of 2007, Jake spent three weeks as an embedded photojournalist with the U.S. Army and several NGOs in Northern Uganda. It was then he realized the Horn of Africa's urgent need for clean water, and how tragically the lack thereof can affect mass populations. Jake's pro-bono clients include CARE, Habitat for Humanity, The United Way, and The Ronald McDonald House.
David is looking like a true mountan man with that beard, and that shot of the birds is lovely. Do you know what kind they are?
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your bird is a Clapperton's Francolin
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