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Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 9:15 am
by philip964
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ugan ... SKCN1RF1LU
Woman kidnapped while looking at animals. $500,000 ransom.
Gun laws in Uganda are not easy to find out about. Sounds like you can not bring your gun with you. I will say restrictive, as it appears licenses are required, but of course not if your a criminal.
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 1:09 pm
by philip964
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 3:17 pm
by crazy2medic
If a ransom is paid it should only be done to separate the hostages from the hostage takers and then the hostage takers should be killed!
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:30 pm
by wheelgun1958
Uganda. Entebbe. Idi Amin. Great place. Who wouldn't want to visit?
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:41 pm
by C-dub
Already visited a little over 30 years ago. I have no desire to return.
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 8:56 pm
by bblhd672
C-dub wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:41 pm
Already visited a little over 30 years ago. I have no desire to return.
Me too, Kenya. No desire to ever return to that continent.
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 9:46 pm
by Vol Texan
Me too: Nigeria. About 25 times over the past decade.
Just say no.
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:27 am
by C-dub
bblhd672 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 8:56 pm
C-dub wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:41 pm
Already visited a little over 30 years ago. I have no desire to return.
Me too, Kenya. No desire to ever return to that continent.
I was there in ‘85. Mombasa
When were you there?
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:21 am
by philip964
https://news.yahoo.com/museveni-vows-ug ... 05941.html
Uganda safe after tourist kidnapping. US has a policy of not paying kidnappers. So I would assume Uganda paid the ransom.
I'm sure by paying the ransom, this will not encourage more kidnappings.
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:21 am
by bblhd672
C-dub wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:27 am
bblhd672 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 8:56 pm
C-dub wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:41 pm
Already visited a little over 30 years ago. I have no desire to return.
Me too, Kenya. No desire to ever return to that continent.
I was there in ‘85. Mombasa
When were you there?
Mombasa in '79, just before the Iranian takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran.
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:23 pm
by oohrah
Watching this closely. Scheduled to go to Uganda in May, but not anywhere near Congo border.
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:13 am
by philip964
https://news.yahoo.com/two-cuban-doctor ... 30766.html
Police escort murdered and two Cuban doctors kidnapped in Kenya.
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:50 am
by Ruark
It would be sad as well as disastrous if this continued and killed the African tourism/hunting industry.
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:53 am
by Redneck_Buddha
State Department raised the caution level for Morocco. King Mo may be losing control of the extremists.
Re: Africa: In case you were thinking of visiting
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:34 am
by philip964
Redneck_Buddha wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:53 am
State Department raised the caution level for Morocco. King Mo may be losing control of the extremists.
Morocco is where the two young European females were recently killed while on vacation. It was considered the only “safe” place to visit in Africa.
Very sad.