Everybody LOVES Gordon!

I have to admit we were a little bit suspicious of Gordon at first but now we (just like seemingly everyone else in Uganda) worship him as the Chief of the Safari Guide Tribe. Remember how he seemed to fix everything with the Bwindi Gorilla Park people? Well it was more of that all day every day. Everywhere we go people stop us to ask Gordon where to eat, sleep, find lions to photograph and to rescue them or some tourists,
















Did I tell you the one about when Gordon was hurrying through some small town traffic and a woman carrying a baby stepped out from behind a bus directly in front of our vehicle? Gordon expertly swerved, just missing her but putting the vehicle into a ditch.



A crowd gathered to thank God and praise Gordon for saving the woman and the baby's lives and to offer help to get us out of the ditch.



Gordon just smiled, shifted into 4WD, backed out of the ditch and moseyed on.



Travelling with Gordon does mean stopping briefly at a school in Hoima to say hello to his sister who is a teacher there, and giving a ride to some Goeringish Stranded German Tourists, but......



It also means we meet and talk to lots of interesting Ugandans, we get to see the lions first, we get the best seats on the tourist boat, we are special guests at the Chimpanzee (plantation) Guest House in Kibale Forest, etcetera, etcetera.





Gordon's (poorly kept) secret agenda? He is starting to guide privately (not with Afritours).
Ya Wanna Gander Uganda???

GORDON! Find him at:

gordon.gongo@yahoo.com

Uganda MTN cell phone from Uganda

256 782 8710 87

If calling from the USA, be sure to check and see if you need to put a Uganda country code first. I think it's 011 256 7828710 87

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