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__**Jan. 25th - Uganda Railroad**__

When I woke this morning, what I realized is that we have been flying uphill in our helicopter this whole time and realized that this is what I have been hearing about for years. The first thing I saw in the morning was huge oak trees. They were everywhere. The air was thin making it hard to breathe but it was a wonderful sight being surrounded by mountains.

The soil was light brown and very dry. After breakfast, we examined the very few maple trees around us.

After that, we took a ride in the Safari which is about 5 miles away from where we are staying. One side of the track and all the way to Burundi is owned by a rich environmental group for the to plant trees to help prevent Global Warming. All races are allowed in the group if they are completely committed to helping the environment. The other side of the track is for lumber to sell. All animals mostly live (or will end up living) on the environmental group's side because there are many trees (they do not kill those animals). There are zebras, antelopes, gazelles, ostriches, giraffes, and many types of different birds. Its incredible seeing many herds of different animals. The animals kept us busy all day and was a perfect day for it because it was sunny and the air was fresh and clean. We climbed to the top of a plateau and it was a beautiful sight. There were mountains as far as the eye could see with the sun just peaking over. It was beautiful. Off in the distance, we saw Mt. Kilimanjaro which was the tallest of them all. We ate lunch at the train station and there was discussion about rumors that in Mt. Kilimanjaro, was a man eating lion that was getting people nervous about being out alone. After lunch we climbed a 5,000 foot mountain. We had dinner and a game of Monopoly after it. After, we went outside to see the Southern Cross. Unfortunately, we are leaving the beautiful sightseeing country Uganda in two days to get back home in Saint Louis.

[|Picture of Southern Cross] [|Gazelle][|Burundi] [|Uganda][|Uganda Railroad]