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Synopsis

Playwright Roger Hall visits Uganda in Africa for this Intrepid Journey. He finds the going pretty tough, particularly the rough accommodation and the constant worry about malaria, but he delights in seeing lions and gorillas in their natural habitat, and is moved by the efforts of the Ugandan people to triumph over their "hideous recent history". This excerpt sees Hall white water rafting on the rapids of the Nile; he "loses his Nile virginity" when he is tipped out and ends up underneath the raft for a few scary seconds.

 

Background

Series Perspective by Paul Stanley Ward 09.12.2009

The inspiration for Intrepid Journeys came from Jam TV's Melanie Rakena's passion for adventure travel. Having experienced the exhilaration of backpacking to far flung corners of ...

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 Charlie Haskell
 Jane Andrews
 Melanie Rakena

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