Kyaninga Lake

What a beautiful place!

There are many crater lakes in the western part of Uganda. They are formed by long ago extinct volcanoes. Kyaninga Lake is actually two extinct volcanoes so it is shaped more like a figure eight than a circle. A quick search of the internet will tell you that Kyaninga Lake is one of the cleanest lakes in the region. However, we have been warned by our Peace Corps doctors that no lake in Uganda is free of Schistomiasis, commonly referred to as snail fever. It is a parasitic disease cause by fresh water snails feeding of human and animal waste. Gross as all of that sounds, we swam!!! The water felt wonderful, especially after the hike down to water level; being an extinct volcano obviously it's a trek down.

I don't feel sick yet... keep fingers crossed that we all stay schisto-free.  

Very cool floating dock... and a strangle little sinking boat to the right of it. Even stranger, that was the only boat we saw out there... and we were the only people out there. Maybe the locals are smarter than us silly volunteers.

I'm third from the left, proudly wearing my beach bar T-shirt from Caddy's on Treasure Island.