A Canadian tourist in Dubai, UAE

After five weeks in Uganda, the first thing that came to my mind about Dubai was excess, excess, excess! Every building is more architecturally elaborate and taller than the last. Our hotel (Jumeirah Beach Resort) had a mere 20-25 restaurants to choose from. The population is about 2 million with less than 20% being of UAE descent. It is the 20th most expensive city in the world. It has everything from indoor skiing to massive malls to camel racing (which is huge by the way)! The beaches were beautiful, the water turquoise and clear, and the marinas filled with multi-million dollar yachts. All in all, it was a pretty amazing place to explore with my family before heading back to Alberta (& the life of luxury after backpacking in Africa).

A view of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE: The total cost of construction was $1.5 billion, there are 160 floors, and at 828 metres, it's the tallest man-made structure ever built. 

MyGanda: Week 2 of my Uganda photography project

During my second week here in Uganda, I shot a lot of intense subject matter. To say that life is difficult for women and children here in the slums of Kampala is an understatement. I am currently putting together two separate stories; one on the extreme trials of children living in the slums and the other on teenage girls and young women forced into prostitution to support themselves and sometimes their families.


In the meantime, here is another photo that I took in the Katanga slum.

Several young children peer into a home in the Katanga slum in

Kampala, Uganda.

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MyGanda: Week One of my Uganda Photography Project

I am currently wrapping up my first week of shooting in Uganda. I am focusing my work on issues affecting women and children and have spent my time so far visiting some of the slums here in Kampala. I will be continuing to post while I'm here, so please sign up for my free blog subscription by email or reader in the right side bar (Email subscriptions are easy; simply enter your email address & when I make new posts they will be delivered to your inbox).

A young boy plays with a mattress outside of his home in the Katanga slum in Kampala, Uganda. Parents are typically unable to afford to educate their children, who then spend their time on the streets of the slums.