I’m not sure how you compete with the excellent day we had yesterday, but waking up to breakfast overlooking Lake Mutanda is a pretty good way to start.

As beautiful as it is around here however it was once again time to move on. This time we are moving to the larger and more frequently visited Lake Bunyonyi.

We are staying at the somewhat historic Birdnest Resort right on the edge of the lake. Historic in many ways for the wrong reason unfortunately. It is the place most people treat themselves to when visiting Uganda to see the gorillas, but in it’s early life it was owned by a politician who was considered a threat to the then dictator Idi Amin. In his usual intimidating manner he visited the place once and liked it so much he killed the owner and then removed everything inside and kept everything for himself.

These days thankfully it’s a beautiful and peaceful place in a wonderful location. We checked in and were given one of the top floor rooms with views overlooking the lake.

After dumping our bags we went for a walk around the hotel and grounds then made a plan for a local guide to take us on a sightseeing tour of the lake.

During the boat trip we learned of various local myths and legends, but also about one of the islands on the lake that was once home to a leper colony run by a Scotsman Dr Leonard Sharp.

There are times in my life where I am content with some of my achievements and some of the things I have done for charities. It is however times like this hearing about Dr Sharp that I realise how many truly amazing people there have been on this planet that put things into perspective.

Dr Sharp had come to Africa originally as a Christian missionary about 100 years ago, but eventually set up both a hospital in Kabale and the leper colony on one of Lake Bunyonyi’s 29 islands, so as to try and prevent the spread of the disease.

Dr Sharp went on to dedicate his whole life to helping those less fortunate and eventually helped eradicate leprosy completely by the end of the 60’s and when he died he left the neighbouring island where he lived and all his worldly goods to the Ugandan Church.

THAT my dear friend is what a good, selfless person is. And when I got back to the hotel to find out more about this guy who had dedicated his whole life to helping others I found that he’s not even mentioned in Wikipedia and it’s actually quite hard to find anything much about him at all on Google. I decided there and then it would be my mission to put this right when I get back to the Uk, this amazing man deserves to be remembered.

These days the leper colony is now both a school and a hospital and the neighbouring island where Dr Sharp once lived is now an eco lodge and botanical gardens.

Any hoo, back at the Birdnest we chilled out and had a wonderful meal, pretty much on our own in the restaurant. Bunyonyi is famous for it’s crayfish so the Crayfash Masala went down an absolute treat!!