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Being a nurse, I imagine you can just turn up at any health centre or hospital and they'll be thrilled to have you.

I spent 6 weeks in Uganda last Dec/Jan and could easily have spent longer, I don't think you'll get bored! ...

MOTH camp, on the right as you come from the dam. They have rooms and cottages as well as camping.

I thought it better to give my email address than my actual address. And I have good spam filters, as far as I know I've never had a 419.

To visit the rhino sanctuary (def. recommended!) you can get a bus from Kampala towards Masindi and ask the conductor to drop you at...

Bus travel in Africa is generally long, slow, uncomfortable, hot & tiring, with delays caused by waiting for the bus to fill up, waiting...

I spent 6 weeks cycling in Tanzania and it's one of the best holidays in my life so far (and there have been very many!)...

What are chims?

I doubt they'd deliver door to door, but I expect they can keep it at the Addis airport for you to pick up when you fly home. ...

The age of American bank notes is important in many African countries - get the newest ones you can....

I've just sent him an email to explain that I won't be writing a letter for him (and that weather-wise, his plan of visiting in November is...

bright22,do you not think it a slight exaggeration to state that the travel agency you used is responsible for Tanzania having nice animals...

No, battybilly, I don't know know him, I just met him once in 2010 when I visited a tourist site in Ghana where he worked. ...

Thankyou moroccotraveler - I barely know the guy and will now certainly NOT be writing the letter!

Thanks very much for your help, I had thought it a bit suspicious - I shall certainly NOT be writing the letter!