***My trip to Uganda, June 2006 (Kampala, Lake Victoria, and the equator)***

In June 2006, I made a trip to Uganda, and took these pics. Many of them were taken on a vehicle, so pardon me for their bad quality.
My impression of the country? The pics say it all, except for one thing: pleasant temperature.

Part one
City centre, Kampala
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Part two
Suburbs, Kampala
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Part three
Lake Victoria, the third largest lake of the world
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Part four
On the way to the equator
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Part five
The equator
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2. 3. and 4. The first test demonstrates that on the equator water flows directly down through a funnel. The second and the third tests demonstrate that on any spot off the equator water spins in a funnel when it drains.
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Note: I witnessed the tests. But there is still one big question mark: Does water go down the drain counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere? Or the contrary? To find an answer, I read a lot; the more I read, the more confused I became, because I found contradicting answers. Some days ago, I found a new answer, which in my opinion is true. Read this article:
www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/coriolis.html
Does water go down the drain counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere?
It all depends upon how the water was introduced and the geometric structure of the drain.
One can find both counterclockwise and clockwise flowing drains in both hemispheres. Some people would like you to believe that the Coriolis force affects the flow of water down the drain in sinks, bathtubs, or toilet bowls. DonÂ't believe them! The Coriolis force is simply too weak to affect such small bodies of water.
In his work Â"Sur les equations du movements relative des systems des corpsÂ" (1835) the French engineer Gaspard Gustav de Coriolis (1792-1843) first described this force. The Coriolis force is caused by the earthÂ's rotation. It responsible for air being pulled to the right (counterclockwise) in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left (clockwise) in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Coriolis Effect is the observed curved path of moving objects relative to the surface of the Earth. Hurricanes are good examples. They curve to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere. What makes the hurricanes move in this way is the Coriolis force.
What happens at the equator? The Coriolis force is too weak to operate on the moving air at the equator. This means that weather phenomena such as hurricanes are not observed at the equator, although they have been observed at 5 degrees above the equator. In fact, the Coriolis force pulls hurricanes away from the equator.>