Africa Photos (very photo heavy)

Sorry wasn't sure where to post these but for those who asked, there is a lot but I have picked my favorites from the 2000 photos I have... I think I did pretty well to get down to under 50!

starting with my time at Home Sweet orphanage and in the town of Masaka, Uganda.



Angela, 15 years old scaling some fish for lunch


little Jovita who asked to come home in my suit case




















we found chameleons!




baby Nicholas






Now for the Safari! this is a small amount of the animals we saw!


Kilimanjaro and elephants at Amboseli NP, Kenya


electrical dangling wires to stop the elephants getting into the campsites






































Ngorongoro Crater

Amazing! Looks like it was an exciting trip filled with both rewarding work and beauty.

Looks like you had an amazing time

Some lovely shots there. The little children certainly tug at the heart strings don't they. Love the beautiful coloured dresses the ladies were wearing great shot that.

There some stunning landscapes shots there too. Could never get fed up with looking at those. Never guess I am a photographer would you. You can never have too many photos. Keep snapping away. Thanks for sharing.

Wow fantastic pics looks like you had a really good time and lots of good memories

I started by thinking "I must mention that pic at the end", but then there were two, then three..........wow!

I have to say, though, that the orphanage pics were amazing. What a memory for you to look back on!

What amazing photos, and what an eye opener and insight into another culture.

Superb pics XX

I must just say that the pic of the Zebras' butts was fantastic!

haha I love that one too!! i love all of them actually
thanks every one.

Lovely photos.Bless the children ><

Great pictures. the Kilimanjaro and elephants at Amboseli NP, Kenya one is awesome. Good photography could be a post card

Wow what lovely photos what a adventure you had

What amazing photos.......thank you soooooo much for sharing with us.

I'm off to work soon, but I know I will come home and have another look through these pics. They really are memories you will have to treasure for a lifetime.
Looks like a very rewarding ( and eye-opening ) trip you had.

wonderful pictures all around, nothing you would see over here lol. Did you go for missionary work/ or something of the sort? Seems very rewarding and wonderful, yet tough and difficult.

Amazing and beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing!

Ty wrote:Great pictures. the Kilimanjaro and elephants at Amboseli NP, Kenya one is awesome. Good photography could be a post card

that goes to my good camera and the safari guides knowing exactly where to stop the van for the perfect shot haha

Wow! Ambassador Meg, are you hanging out with brad and angelina? Beautiful photos! I am gonna use the Kilimanjaro pic as a background. You will be rewarded for your efforts, Much respect!! There are still good people doing things in the world!

unfortunately I'm not a millionaire so I can't dream of adopting these rascals like Brad and Angelina. and I think I would have if I could have. infact... I had 2 picked out and my boyfriend had 3! hahaha kids we would like to bring home, but oh well, we can feed them for a few months instead

no worries bout the background pic, glad you like them

Hey Meg, I was wondering if you were looking at printing any of these? If you are, let me know, I work at a store where they can be and I am more than happy to do a bulk price for you. You deserve it after all the work you did over there. I have no idea how I am able to give you contact details... but let me know

oh cool! I'll have to have a look through and choose them. I will definitely be printing out a bucket load to put in a photo album, so I'll hit you up for that. you can find me on facebook if you want, full name is Megan Bury.

LOL... I don't have Facebook (I know I know ) I'll figure out a way

Are you planning on going back?

I think if I went back to do the same orphanage thing I would get a lot more organised and think a lot more about how the money should be spent.
because I had never been there and didn't know how it all worked I just handed over the money and let Robert (the owner) do what he wanted with it.
We bought mosquito nets with our own money (about $80 for 20)

we sort of got the feeling that Robert was also using the money for himself - which is fair enough because he doesn't work and has 2 children of his own - but we thought maybe he was living it up eating beef for tea (not a poor mans meal) where the kids at the orphanage only have beans and maize - meat on the weekends.

any way we did see the money put to good use also with school books, tooth brushes, big bags of food and soap and other things purchased, they also bought a generator (after we told him he should) in order to pump water from the well into their tank so that was great.


but the whole trip was unorganised so we spent most of the days sitting around or just playing with the kids, when in he-insight I should have planned some teaching lessons (seeing as im a teacher) and maybe some other activities and even outings to do with the children.

so to answer your question, I probably would do it again in future, but I would do it a lot differently!

What an amazing thing to do and wonderful photos, loved every single one of them

fab piks .. love the one of the hyena cubs!!

Meg ... what can I say but AWESOME!!! ... really, amazing pics

gob smacked. awesome. even with nothing some poeple still manage a smile. the animals look amazing on pics i would love to see them up close and personal like that. well close enough maybe not so personal have you seen the size of that wide open mouth and those buzzards look hungry

_julie_ wrote:and those buzzards look hungry

And covered in gore!

Amazing pics! Really starting to wish I had taken my camera when I went to Africa a couple of years ago !

StuW wrote:Amazing pics! Really starting to wish I had taken my camera when I went to Africa a couple of years ago !

You went to Africa & didn't take a camera?!