Early morning..

..by the source of the Nile. Slightly SW of Jinja, Uganda.

Nothing beats an African morning as to the special light, along with Africa´s subtle smells of flowers, the red soil drying fast in the rising sunlight and the charcoal fires. Here everything is accompanied by the sounds of the wild white waters of the surging Nile at a distance..

People wake up to go about their chores.The eternal task of getting water..

The sun is gradually getting hotter along with the African colors illuminating the rich flora around the source of the Nile..

Idle Nileboats..

The sounds of hundred different kinds of birds waking up are increasing along with the intensity of the raising of the sun. The monkeys are chatting and fighting on the distant Nilebanks..

A sleepy Ugandan slowly waking up and rising to prepare his riverbank store for the long, hot day under the Equator..
(Photos: Pia Ehrenpreis)