After being here for some time, I finally got a chance to take a break to go and enjoy seeing some of God's wonderful creations in Uganda. It's pretty amazing when you drive around in a Landcruiser, watching these animals sit/stand/play/make noises. Especially when you are driving by and they stand there partly frozen and then after a few minutes of looking at each other, they move along. 
Many times when I travel to Kampala from Arua or vice versa, I would have a sneak peek at this park because it's a bit like an open area where they can relax. The times I've gone by the park, I would see a bunch of elephants as well as hippos. Elephants are not rare to see because they are never hidden since they are so huge. Hippos are huge as well, but they would be in the waters all the time and as we drive by, you can only see their ears. This time, in the park, we are able to spot one out in the open. One thing that I have not seen or taken a picture of yet is a yawning hippo. Go ahead, search up yawning hippo and you'll know what I mean and why I would love to take a picture of one.
Fact: The running speed of hippos vary from 30-50km/h!If you are ever close to one, remember to be ultra cautious and quiet. You don't want one of these big ones come charging at you!
To be honest, I sometimes find God quite humorous in His infinite wisdom to create such beautiful, yet odd looking animals. Giraffe, long neck? Really? God, You have to be kidding right?
I had one of those Kodak moments. I find this picture quite a beauty. Doesn't this picture make you smile? If it doesn't, look closely at the face of the elephant and tell me if you see the smile. The elephant is probably telling you to smile at the picture that is being taken of it smiling.
Though the national park was amazing, but there was another part that I feel is even more amazing, the falls!
The Nile off on a wide path and then once it reaches the falls, it suddenly becomes narrow and the waters come crashing down onto these massive rocks and then the Nile becomes wide.If you ever get a chance to come up here to Northern Uganda, I would bring you here and you would know what I mean. Being a Canadian, you would think that Niagara Falls is quite powerful, but to be honest, even though this may not be on a large scale as Niagara Falls, I like Murchison Falls more!
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